- Tim Ferris on The Necessary Ingredients for a Good Speech including the biggest mistakes:
- Thinking a speech is a right rather than a privilege
- Forgetting the Lamott Rule
- Not doing their homework
- The European Ecosystem is entering puberty – discussion and prediction about how European entrepreneurs and funders are developing. There is a strong creation of New Argonauts with strong ties to Silicon Valley that is causing both the types of companies and the available local capital to change. It will be interesting to see if the Canadian tech VC marketplace can evolve as Ventures West and others are raising new funds.
- Canada needs an Arrington – Canada does need a strong voice. Consider checking out: Tom Purves, Jevon MacDonald, Austin Hill, Boris Mann, Patrick Lor for strong opinions. They’re not Arrington, and that is a good thing.
- A way for social networks to actually monetize (holding company theory) – Hmmmm, very interesting thoughts.
- Do real people use Tag Clouds?