Bill Gross

“Kodak peak revenues per employee $100,345. Market cap / emp = $213,000. Instagram rev/emp = $0. Market cap / emp = $76,923,077 at sale!”

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“Kodak employed 140,000 people. Instagram (when it sold to Facebook) only 13. ”

Jaron Lanier is a computer science pioneer who has grown gradually disenchanted with the online world since his early days popularizing the idea of virtual reality. "Lanier is often described as 'visionary,' " Jennifer Kahn wrote in a 2011 New Yorker profile, "a word that manages to convey both a capacity for mercurial insight and a lack of practical job skills."

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“Samsung releases Galaxy S4 - 20 days later they have moved $7.5 BILLION worth of hardware. Did the PC or any other product ever do that?”

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“"Kids: stay in school. Unless of course you have an idea for a billion dollar micro-blogging service." -Aaron Levie”

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“Companies that flatten hierarchies & distribute rewards more fairly are actually more profitable, not just nicer: ”

It's no surprise that George Packer-one of the most gifted writers in the business-has hit upon a fascinating topic in his latest New Yorker piece: the emerging politics of Silicon Valley. While the essay is behind a paywall, it's definitely worth tracking down if you're not a subscriber.

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“The top 100 tech companies granted 19% of their ownership to NON-senior executives. 4 the rest of America, it was 2% ”

It's no surprise that George Packer-one of the most gifted writers in the business-has hit upon a fascinating topic in his latest New Yorker piece: the emerging politics of Silicon Valley. While the essay is behind a paywall, it's definitely worth tracking down if you're not a subscriber.

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“Here is the article in todays @LaTimes about UberAds - my new effort to improve mobile ad relevance @ByAndreaChang ”

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“My inspiration for UberAds was the famous Mary Meeker slide last year showing the 10x gap between mobile use vs. ads: ”

Bill Gross is one of the forefathers of intent-based digital advertising, having pioneered paid search advertising as the founder Overture (which sold to Yahoo in 2003 for $1.63 billion). A decade later, Gross, now the CEO of UberMedia, is looking to create the same kind of disruption with a new mobile advertising platform called UberAds that utilizes social signals and location data for ad targeting.

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“MT @mcarney: Bill Gross’ UberMedia launches UberAds, using social & location data to better target on mobile Thx Mike”

Bill Gross is one of the forefathers of intent-based digital advertising, having pioneered paid search advertising as the founder Overture (which sold to Yahoo in 2003 for $1.63 billion). A decade later, Gross, now the CEO of UberMedia, is looking to create the same kind of disruption with a new mobile advertising platform called UberAds that utilizes social signals and location data for ad targeting.

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“RT @HsuTubeEsq: "If you could only follow one person on #Twitter, who would it be?” #Caltech Alumni @Bill_Gross. Richard, I'm blushing-Bill”

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“How to REALLY apologize: Feel the pain, Mean it, Go beyond the mistake, Invite Feedback, Go to work: ”

A great deal has been written about Harvard University professor Niall Ferguson's controversial comments about the late economist John Maynard Keynes. (The short version: Keynesian economic theory, Ferguson suggested, is flawed because Keynes himself was gay and childless - and consequently blind to the dangerous long-term consequences of his own ideas.)

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“Value creation in the past was based on economies of scale. In the future, it'll be based on economies of creativity: ”

Organizations have nearly perfected implementing the industrial model of managing work - the effort applied toward completing a task. For individuals, this model ensures that we know what we're supposed to do each day. For organizations, it guarantees predictability and efficiency.

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“Here's how our company Tint got more than 750 paying customers in just 3 months: ”

How to get more customers? Last year we launched our first product called Hypemarks. It was a social bookmarking service aimed at meaningful discovery of links through your friends and people you care about. We were fresh graduates from college and did not know how to scale the product to generate revenue.

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“Leadership is bringing out the best in others, because there's only 1 you. Here are 4 ways to do that: ”

"A superior leader is a person who can bring ordinary people together to achieve extraordinary results." Many years ago, an entrepreneur told me that. He was right. But this isn't just true of leaders. It's true of all human beings. I've come to believe that the most valuable talent is being able to recognize hidden skills that others possess.

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“"I’m not looking for a way to balance my private life w/my professional life. I’m just trying to have a great life." ”

Being a female entrepreneur has its upsides, but also its disadvantages. Like having to find an answer to the question I - contrary to my male colleagues ? - get asked a lot. "As a mother of three children, how do you balance your work and your private life?"

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“"The 3 Biggest Interviewing Mistakes of All Time" -by Lou Adler: ”

Maybe companies should hire a CFO of Talent ...

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“Why Yahoo + Tumblr is a big win & why Facebook should buy 10 Tumblrs! -by Jason Calacanis: ”

Yahoo is going to buy Tumblr for $1 billion on Monday according to reports. In this post I will explain to you why the media is freaking out, why big companies need to make more bets like this, why Yahoo is the perfect home and why Zuckerberg should offer $2 billion.

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“Map of all the companies that could buy your #startup: VC Mark Suster says, All Startups should pin this on the wall.”

Instantly connect to what's most important to you. Follow your friends, experts, favorite celebrities, and breaking news.

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“"1st understand WHY people put their money on the table. Then explore HOW you can capture that value with a strong business model." -N.Demey”

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“Don't ask, "What revenue model should I use?" Ask "Why will people pay me?" ”

Advertising is hardly ever the right answer to building a sustainable, profitable startup. Yet so many do it. Instead, startup founders and CEOs need to focus on what they could charge for that people would actually pay for. The Board of Innovation - a startup consultancy - recently posted a great deck detailing 17 money-making techniques every startup should know.

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