ChrisDixon

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There Are 2 Ways To Make Large Datasets Useful…

I’ve spent the majority of my career building technologies that try to…

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Facebook’s Response to Yahoo’s Patent Lawsuit

Like many in tech, I believe all software patents should be abolished.…

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The Problem with Investing Based on Pattern Recognition

A famous story in artificial intelligence is how the US military developed algorithms…

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“It is the human friction that makes the sparks”

From Jonah Lehrer, Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work (via Stowe Boyd):

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Platform distribution risks

When your product extends a platform’s functionality, one of the main risks…

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Maximizing Capacity Utilization as a Startup Premise

In stark contrast to other major airlines, Southwest has been profitable for 40…

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Technology and Job Creation

In response to my recent post “Making industries ‘garage ready’ for startups,"…

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Why Is Enterprise Tech So Far Behind Consumer Tech? Because It Can Be.

Brian Manning put it nicely in a comment to my post yesterday about…

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IT: Do You Want to Sell Sugar Water or Do You Want to Change the World?

“Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your…

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Inferring Intent on Mobile Devices

Schmidt recently said that while the Google Instant predictive search technology helps shave…

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