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Jeff Atwood recently wrote a great piece about the classic book, “Masters of Doom,” about the origins of id Software, the creators of the first-person shooter: http://bit.ly/15YdAIe I still remember the first time I saw Castle Wolfenstein 3D. I was a junior at Stanford, and for the first and only time in my life (thank … Continue reading “The Barriers are Self-Imposed”
It’s not that complicated to build a success startup. Just build a profitable business while spending as little as possible. It’s not complicated, but it’s hard. I recently saw the news that Yahoo! had bought Xobni. Xobni was a noble attempt to tackle the email overload problem (xobni = inbox backwards). According to the stories … Continue reading Build a profitable business while spending as little as possible (the lesson of Xobni)