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Entrepreneurs should expose their ideas to the harsh reality of real investors and real customers as soon as possible. "Stealth mode" and self-financing are smart-sounding excuses to hide behind a non-competitive curtain. epsilontheory.com/dogs-dog-food-…

When Sales Isn’t Just Selling. My thoughts on going from product to sales in early markets. Button line, unless the market pulls, it’s hard :) a16z.com/2018/10/19/whe…

DisruptionJoe.eth (🤖,🌎) d/acc Then you need to know about my client Upstock Equity System! They help SMEs access Fortune 1000 stock plans, complete with a state-of-the-art equity distribution algorithm & a dashboard where workers can see their equity grow in real time. upstock.io

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Give Gig Economy Workers Equity? The S.E.C. Is Considering It - The New York Times nytimes.com/2018/11/06/bus…

Etsy CEO on 3 ways Congress can fix the #GigEconomy - CNN Business apple.news/AqoThP7dsR7CHo…

Another big topic at #WSJDLive this week in Laguna: the state of venture capital. More VC money is going into fewer startup deals. on.wsj.com/2PNZTtv via Eliot Brown

“We built a dashboard to show startup employees the value of their equity so that can see it go up and they can believe in it. It changes the perception of value; they feel like owners and entrepreneurs.” - Upstock Equity System caseyfenton Startup Grind Australia Startup Grind

We are in the early stages of a tectonic shift in work, enabled by software Software is about to eat the physical office Remote work will simply become “work” Let’s compile a list of the best modern tools Anything is game — startups, big companies, hardware, software... Go!

Last minute shopping for portfolio founders who didn’t reach product-market fit last year with The Lean Startup.

Why #Entrepreneurs Start Companies Rather Than Join Them steveblank.com/2018/04/11/why…

People talk about businesses having "moats" but I think a better metaphor is a reef. A reef can protect and foster an ecosystem while keeping bad players out, or serve as treacherous and impassable protection. They also grow fractally. Grow a reef.

Yessss.

People have original thoughts in the shower because it is one of the only places in modern life that offers refuge from entertainment, compulsive workaholism, and social hyperconnectedness. The isolation allows you to hear yourself think. Morning meditation for the masses.

If you want to start a company because it sounds like a nifty way to make money, you are wasting your time. Start a company because you have this idea that is just eating you alive inside and you have to get it out into the world for the pure satisfaction of making it happen.

An incredible podcast interview w/ Casey Fenton the founder of Upstock Equity System and Couchsurfing about changing the way we do business and travel!

"So they sublet their San Francisco office and moved to a cheaper city where they could focus: Kyoto." I'm totally fine with this becoming the new startup playbook. figma.com/blog/design-on…

We are an island of life in a dead solar system. We are a moment of civility in a history of brutality. Take nothing for granted. Be grateful for everything.