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Best of Bootstrapping: Death by Overfunding
Funding = Success, right? I wish it did. But entrepreneurial tracks are littered with carcasses of dead startups that were very well funded, some to the tune of hundreds of millions. As a case in point, watch this 2 minutes 31 second video: Death By Overfunding.
Best of Bootstrapping: How Algo.ai CEO Amjad Hussain Bootstrapped using Services from Michigan
If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping course and the Investor Introductions page. I am always thrilled to see great entrepreneurship in various parts of the world that are off-center. Well, Algo.ai CEO Amjad Hussain’s journey is a great one from Detroit. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey.
Man and Superman: Dealing with Singularity-Based Technology Acceleration
In the previous four segments of this series, we looked at what a singularity is and as part of evidence for the possibility of a technology singularity, we studied the frequency and impact of five scientific revolutions and cataloged the modern intersubjective realities (ISRs) that have co-evolved with the ever faster scientific revolutions and pushed
Man and Superman: Intersubjective Realities
By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson In the previous three segments of this series, we looked at what a singularity is and as part of evidence for the possibility of a technology singularity, we studied the frequency and impact of five scientific revolutions. Let us now catalog the modern intersubjective realities (ISRs) that have co-evolved with
Man and Superman: Impact of the Science Revolutions
By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson In the previous two segments, we looked at what a Singularity was and as part of evidence for the possibility of a technology singularity, we studied the frequency of five scientific revolutions. Let us now analyze the impact of these revolutions. It is perhaps hard for us to realize that
Man and Superman: Modern Science Revolutions
By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson In the first segment of this series, we saw what a singularity was and were looking at the evidence for the possibility of a technology singularity. So, let’s now fill in the revolutionary landscape (remember that the agricultural revolution which started about 10,000 BCE was the first one!). The next
Man and Superman: Life Near An Approaching Technology Singularity
By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson Ray Kurzweil began writing more than 25 years ago about the possibility of a technology singularity occurring sometime in the late 20th century. He defines “Singularity” as “a future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life will be irreversibly transformed.”
A Startup Idea: eHarmony Of Friendships
It is common knowledge that people make friends easily in their younger years. In school or in college, even in university, people are open, they have time, and friendships happen easily. Later in life, people move away, have different family and professional commitments, and it simply becomes inconvenient to keep in touch at meaningful levels.
