Eivind Kjørstad I live an entirely unexceptional life. Listen. I’m a pretty average-looking 39-year-old guy. I’ve got a decent education, but nothing out of the ordinary. I’ve got a decent job that I enjoy doing, but it’s nothing earth-shaking. I’m married to a woman who means the world to me, but who has not thus […]
Who was the most unfortunate person in the history of mankind?
Nick Hodgson I’ve always liked the story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi who I consider both one of the luckiest AND unluckiest men in history. Yamaguchi was a resident of Nagasaki who was visiting Hiroshima on business on the morning of August 6th 1945 – where he experienced (and survived) the atomic bomb dropped on the city […]
What do I need to do to launch a tech startup that will be acquired by a top tech company?
Michael Wolfe I’ll start with one of my favorite thoughts, by Alex Haley in his essay “The Shadowland of Dreams”: Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that there’s a big difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases […]