"The forces that govern movies and start-ups are remarkably similar," V.C. firms as talent agencies: The New York Times nytimes.com/2015/05/03/ups…

Much improved View() x.com/rstudio/status…

HT Bryan Stroube: Lessons From Pitch Decks: VCs Spend An Average of 3:44 On Them on.tcrn.ch/l/Bsf3 #teaching #startup @brentdg2

"Game over: FTC goes after board game campaign gone wrong in first crowdfunding case" wapo.st/1GvtBaM

Insight Fellow Robert Vesco discusses the usefulness of emacs as a tool for data scientists insightdatascience.com/blog/emacs_for…

Via NPR: Why Coke Cost A Nickel For 70 Years n.pr/XFV0kD

"GitHub raises $250 million at $2 billion valuation" on.wsj.com/1LRUHuA via The Wall Street Journal

n.b. What everyone wanted from day 1 is finally here... Bill Rand @brentdg2 Bryan Stroube Robert Vesco #research x.com/techcrunch/sta…

#history David Kirsch x.com/textfiles/stat…

"What Ever Happened to Google Books?" newyorker.com/business/curre… via @newyorker

"Vinyl LP Frenzy Brings Record-Pressing Machines Back to Life" nyti.ms/1Mnucj2

"All the 'Happy Birthday' song copyright claims are invalid": fw.to/IUcxuNc

"Roundabouts: The Surprising Facts About A Misunderstood Intersection": wabe.org/post/roundabou…

"startups aren’t ideal for some kinds of innovation" Y Combinator introduces YC Research: blog.ycombinator.com/yc-research

"Coming soon from China: a $400 million bonanza for U.S. startups" on.wsj.com/1jY2D3F via The Wall Street Journal

"GitHub represent one of the richest datasets ever created of people working together at scale" x.com/github/status/…

"Indiegogo to launch campaigns combining perks and equity investment this year": techcrunch.com/2017/01/06/ind…

“There are now about 75m people living within an hour of [Shanghai] by high-speed rail.” economist.com/news/china/217…