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Peter Thiel: Twitter will outlast the New York Times

May 1, 2013 By
Peter Thiel- Twitter will outlast the New York Times

Tech visionaries Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen disagree on the promise of Twitter, but both see a relatively long lifespan for the social media firm. At least in Internet years. In a debate with Andreessen at the Milken Institute Global Conference Monday, Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal, said he expects that Twitter's roughly 1,000 employees will have jobs a decade from now. The business case for Twitter is solid, Thiel said. He contrasted the future of Twitter with that of The New … [Read more...]

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Office-As-A-Service RocketSpace Doubles Real Estate To Accomodate Bigger Startups

March 29, 2013 By
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Techcrunch - Startups around the world are desperate for office space in the San Francisco Bay Area, so tomorrow RocketSpace will announce the lease of a new 50,000 sq ft office so it can house startups with up to 60 employees instead of capping them at 30. Along with this RocketSpace Suites project, the “office-as-a-service” plans to lock down another 100,000 sq ft spot and open a space in London this year. RocketSpace currently provides plug-and-play office space for 130 startups and … [Read more...]

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BioShock Infinite Creator Ken Levine Says He Doesn’t Believe In Utopias (Including Peter Thiel’s)

March 28, 2013 By
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TechCrunch - When my friends found out that I was going to interview Irrational Games‘ Ken Levine, who led the development of the acclaimed video game BioShock, as well as its just-released sequel BioShock Infinite, everyone said I had to ask him about the Seasteading Institute, a group that has been jokingly referred to as “BioShock for real.” The institute was co-founded and funded by famed entrepreneur investor and libertarian Peter Thiel, and it’s looking to build communities at sea … [Read more...]

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Facebook Stock Down Almost Fifty Percent

August 15, 2012 By
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If you have kept up with Facebook's Initial Public Offering you should not be very surprised to hear the price to buy is down forty six percent from the opening day. Twelve weeks ago the stock opened at thirty eight dollars a share. The team at Facebook was extremely optimistic about going public during the first week of trading. However, the companies excitement was short lived after a disappointing first week of trading. The stock is now down to a record low twenty dollars and twenty … [Read more...]

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How To Take What You Learn & Change Direction

August 1, 2012 By
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In business and in life, to learn from your past mistakes is one of the most valuable lessons you will ever have the pleasure to take with you. It allows you to learn right from wrong, good from bad and smart from dumb. Some of your ideas may have come off as inconvenient, time consuming or down right stupid. Lucky for you is your ability to change direction in life and flip negative experiences in positive altercations. Before the chairman of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, began his hugely … [Read more...]

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