October 2011
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Design is a not a department.
(Via untitle.d)
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Oakland's Welcome.
I am in the Bay Area developing some startups. I just flew in last night and am staying with my rad brother-in-law at his diggs in Oakland. On my way in he gave me a heads-up to Occupy Oakland. Better said on the NY Times there is some chaos going on.
It makes the chaos of a startup quite simple, there is a lot at stake, but no teargas or rubber bullets.
Image courtesy of Jim Wilson for the...
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Fog
Headed to SFO today.
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Opportunity
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
- Thomas Edison
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Thank you for changing everything.
I wrote a post about change today, focused on Beta and where we have been. I had no idea that later in the day the most surprisingly difficult change for me would happen. A personal hero to me, and several others Steve Jobs is no longer here. I don’t write this to immortalize Steve as an innovator or visionary, of which he clearly is, but as someone who has admired him as a man; a man who...
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Changes
Some people love it, some people hate it but we all know that constant change is life. You are not alone, at Beta we have been working hard in a rapidly changing economy. If you have followed Beta from the start, or even supported us, you have seen us transition over the last year and a half. For those just tuning in, here is the rundown.
1. Our original goal was to furnish a prototype shop and...