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An Event Without An Ego

Posted by | Sep 19, 2013

I got to catch up with Scott Klein from StatusPage, who now lives in Portland but was in town for a few days to meet with his co-founder who is still in Cary (his other co-founder is in the Valley). We got maybe ten uninterrupted minutes we wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. I met and chatted for a while with Poornima Vijayashanker, who I had been emailing a bit with but once I got into a conversation with her, I understood what she’s trying to do with Femgineer ten times better than before. While that and some of my other...

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Startup Communities: Don't Get Complacent

Posted by | Dec 12, 2012

Yeah, I’ve been putting a ton of my waking hours into Automated Insights, the VC-backed startup where we create automated and personalized content for millions and millions of people. I do this because, as an entrepreneur, I want to see AI succeed. Bad. Without splitting hairs (family, etc.), it’s one of my top priorities. But when I do this, those other priorities tend to suffer. Time with my family, working on ExitEvent, time spent doing the other things I enjoy and make me a well-rounded person. And since I don’t want those things to suffer, I write articles at...

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