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20 Nov, 2012
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20 Nov
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I’d Rather Be Prolific than Perfect β†’

In Silicon Valley, there is a great deal of worship around Steve Jobs and the altar of perfection, so allow
05 Nov, 2012
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Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Life Decisions
05 Nov
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Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Life Decisions β†’

I recently read and finished taking notes on a book called: Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Life
03 Oct, 2012
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Crafting the Ridejoy Mobile App
03 Oct
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Crafting the Ridejoy Mobile App β†’

GUEST POST: Suelyn Yu is an interaction designer at frog (see her portfolio [https://web.archive.org/web/20140619103736/http:
29 Sep, 2012
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Good Strategy / Bad Strategy - book cover image
29 Sep
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Good Strategy / Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it Matters β†’

Good Strategy / Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it Matters [https://www.amazon.com/Good-Strategy-Bad-difference-matters/dp/
01 Aug, 2012
01 Aug

How Coffee Meetings Power Silicon Valley β†’

I just had a coffee meeting with a friend in San Francisco today. Well, he’s not quite a friend,
17 Jul, 2012
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17 Jul
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Earning Co-Founder Trust β†’

I recently heard the story of how my friend met his cofounder and had to share it. I think there
04 Jul, 2012
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Listen to everyone, then make up your own mind
04 Jul
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Listen to everyone, then make up your own mind β†’

> β€œDon’t take too much advice. Most people generalize whatever they did and say that was the strategy that
21 May, 2012
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21 May
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26 β†’

People fall into two camps about birthdays – either a socially-acceptable time to feel entitled to special things because you
12 May, 2012
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12 May
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26 β†’

People fall into two camps about birthdays – either a socially-acceptable time to feel entitled to special things because you
12 May, 2012
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12 May
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A Request (and Giveaway!) for My Twenty-Sixth Birthday β†’

Photo credit by Solo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60648084@N00/2234406328/] People fall into two camps about birthdays – either
12 May, 2012
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12 May
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A Request (and Giveaway!) for My Twenty-Sixth Birthday β†’

Photo credit by Solo [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60648084@N00/2234406328/] People fall into two camps about birthdays – either
08 May, 2012
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Eleven Compelling Startup Pitch Archetypes
08 May
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Eleven Compelling Startup Pitch Archetypes β†’

Over the past few weeks, I’ve helped a handful of startups work on their YC applications and interviews. I
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