Author Archives: Doug Scott

What to do with billions of useless humans?

What to do with billions of useless humans? Great post in Korea: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160428000669 It is no news that machines have come to largely replace physical labor and computers surpass human beings in processing data. But in the future, the development of artificial intelligence may render humans obsolete even in the realm of emotional intelligence, according…

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YCombinator and the Greatest Trick Ever Pulled

YCombinator and the Greatest Trick Ever Pulled Y Combinator originally invested in 40 or so new startups a year, mostly from Stanford University. Investments were small ($5,000 + $5,000/founder) in exchange for around 6% of equity. The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.   To see in retrospect…

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I want to Win for fun:):):) Please Vote for Me:) BoatyMcBoatface

I want to Win for fun :):):) Please Vote for Me:)BoatyMcBoatface   Just for fun i wanted to help Mike promote the Europas and thought it funny if i won at the same time :) Take the survey http://theeuropas.polldaddy.com/s/theeuropas2016 Question 19 is the only one that matters:):) haha Wouldn’t it just be so funny if someone who…

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Habits of Happy People

Habits of Happy People From these guys: http://99u.com/articles/22557/7-habits-of-incredibly-happy-people While happiness is defined by the individual, I’ve always felt it foolish to declare that nothing can be learned from observing the happiness of others. In our day-to-day lives it is easy to miss the forest for the trees and look over some of the smaller, simpler…

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Why do VC’s not help Startups with Mental Development?

Why do VC’s not help Startups with Mental Development? As a Limited Partner you give a VC a pile of your cash: The VC then meets some startups several times, maybe in the pub? They then checkout the startup to see if they had suitable degrees: Did they get a degree from a “good” university?…

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It’s Uncool to Build a Proper Company and VC’s are Propagating the Lie

It’s Uncool to Build a Proper Company and VC’s are Propagating the Lie You do not need VC money, irrelevant about what Techcrunch tells you, irrelevant about accelerators tell you, irrelevant about what everyone tells you. Startups fall into 3 types: Companies that should never raise money and the founders can keep complete control and…

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Those Pesky Computers predicted things wrong:)

Those Pesky Computers predicted things wrong:)

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