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This is the most profound shift of all. Moving from the J.P. Morgan model of ambition to the Mark Zuckerberg model shifts the balance of power from capital to talent. Ambitious people have gone from writing cheques to writing code. Today the most ambitious individuals don’t own the means of production, if they can write code they are their own mean... See more
Technology Entrepreneurship and the Disruption of Ambition - Entrepreneur First
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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
David Beyer
@dab
With early investments in social media companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare and Zynga, Fred Wilson has become one of the world's most watched angel investors. And one of the opportunities he is watching most attentively is the emerging industry of digital money.
Michael Green • In Gold We Trust? The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty (Kindle Single)
Page and Brin had raised $1 million from friends and family to launch their startup, moving off Stanford’s campus and into a rented garage.
businessinsider.com • The Untold Story of Larry Page's Incredible Comeback
Santos, dark-haired and so striking-looking one website referred to him as “the brains (and beauty)” behind the operation, was the CEO. Nathan, who had a shaved head, sometimes with a beard, was the chairman. They started the company with $400.
Courtney Rubin • How a Hot $100 Million Design Startup Collapsed Overnight
Pete
@robotii
Pietra is here to change that. We want to handle all the hard, boring, and tedious parts of launching a business, so you can focus on what you’re passionate about: being creative.
Ronak Trivedi • Pietra: Powering the Passion Economy
In my study, I found Elad Gil to be one of the most successful angel investors. He has made investments in twenty-four billion-dollar companies—including Airbnb, Airtable, Brex, Coinbase, Gusto, Instacart, Opendoor, Pinterest, Stripe, Square, and Wish—most in the seed or series A stage. Before