I just finished reading Eric M. Jackson’s “The PayPal Wars”, published in 2004. It’s good starting point to understand why Paypal became successful. The book felt lopsided toward the end, with Peter Thiel and Jackson and their associates from the Stanford Review being heroes, while Elon Musk, Meg Whitman, and eBay people were the bad guys. That [...]
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PayPal Reconstituted
Posted in management, tagged book, history on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Posted in doing, tagged book, global-problems, green tech on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Finished reading Hot, Flat, and Crowded. Some interesting concepts:
Energy based on petroleum
causing petrodictatorship, Dutch disease, global warming
proposed solutions: innovate to get clean electrons (for long term), and conservation, efficient use of energy (short term)
Preserving biodiversity: a million noah and a million arks
Green as competitive advantage
Where birds don’t fly – dramatic story of American Embassy in Turkey before [...]
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- 'Call of Duty' game sells $310M in 24 hours (AP)AP - First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.
- GameStop to sell digital game downloads (Reuters)Reuters - Customers who visit GameStop Corp stores will soon be able to purchase digital upgrades to their favorite video games, as the retailer eyes a shift toward digital distribution of games.
- Apple says plans 40-50 store openings in 2010 (Reuters)Reuters - Apple Inc said on Thursday it plans to open 40 to 50 retail stores next year as the consumer electronics giant expands its reach to customers.
- Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion, settle all disputes (Reuters)Reuters - Intel Corp will pay rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc $1.25 billion to settle all outstanding legal disputes, in a move that could weaken antitrust authorities' cases against Intel.
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