Scott Rafer's Blog

2009

December
October 95
August 72
July 79
June 56
May 37
April 56
March 69
January 64

2008

June 8
May 4
April 4
March 8
February
“I was not going to make my 4,800 employees hamsters in a...”
— Billionaire Acrobatics -...
Oct 2nd
“In Phoenix, the economic recovery looks a lot like a...”
— Recession Rising Like Phoenix...
Oct 1st
“Shocked to see the serene, gliding, elegant creatures...”
—  Swans of Prospect Park Go...
Oct 1st

Ups and downs of a Stolen Laptop

Some incredibly slick mofo stole my laptop out of my backpack in Starbucks today. In spite of the...
Oct 1st
“Scientist [and false prophet in-denial] Ray Kurzweil claims...”
— Immortality only 20 years away...
Oct 1st
ICANN freed from US gov't oversight ( -...
Oct 1st
tedr: hiten: ilovecharts: Dog Years Chart tedr: hey...
Oct 1st
heyitsnoah: Wow, this was the first page of the speech...
Sep 30th
“On Thursday, Facebook will make that [language] translation...”
— Facebook Offers Translation...
Sep 30th
“But [artistic class] support was not universal; Luc Besson,...”
— Polanski Case Exposes...
Sep 30th
“All of this has caused a massive shift in revenues from the...”
— Why content sites are getting...
Sep 29th
David Rose Webinar
Sep 28th
“Here is a pretty close to final draft of the slides...”
— A VC: Fred Wilson Rafer sez:...
Sep 28th
With Google Places, Concerns Rise That Google Just Wants To...
Sep 28th

One parting thought for the evening

Image via Wikipedia tedr: giantrobotlasers: I’m about to hit the hay, but just had a thought....
Sep 28th
“Good luck to employees joining Twitter now. Although the...”
— Nuances of Twitter Financing |...
Sep 28th
joemuto: At the White House event today promoting...
Sep 26th
“Getting excited that your iPhone has MMS is like getting...”
— Image via Wikipedia Soup (via...
Sep 26th
“CHICAGO—September 24, 2009—37signals is now a $100 billion...”
— PRESS RELEASE: 37SIGNALS...
Sep 26th
“Wow. I’d personally like to welcome Seth Godin to the world...”
— Image by Seth Godin Tries Out...
Sep 26th
“Plug it into a 220-volt wall socket (like your drier uses)...”
— Image via Wikipedia Better...
Sep 25th
“If you have data — flaunt it! Releasing some interesting...”
— Flaunting 101 by Getty Images...
Sep 25th
Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret...
Sep 25th
2020: Lasers sweep the surroundings and when they detect a...
Sep 22nd
“… it failed to accurately identify lesbians or...”
— Gay men ‘can be...
Sep 21st
“I often liken best use of venture capital to using petrol to...”
— Venture capital is best used...
Sep 21st
“Calling soda the new tobacco, San Francisco Mayor Gavin...”
— Seriously Gavin? I agree that...
Sep 21st
“Let’s be honest. [Raising VC] is not unlike a major biz dev...”
— I met with an investor, what...
Sep 21st
“Calling soda the new tobacco, San Francisco Mayor Gavin...”
— Image by woody1778a via...
Sep 20th
“Calling soda the new tobacco, San Francisco Mayor Gavin...”
— Image by woody1778a via...
Sep 20th
“Calling soda the new tobacco, San Francisco Mayor Gavin...”
— Image by woody1778a via...
Sep 20th

I hit a nerve when cracking on 37signals

Only the last few months? Originally posted as a comment by Dave Stone on Scott Rafer’s Blog...
Sep 20th
fred-wilson: The Mint Sale Truth Table - broadstuff
Sep 19th
Jason Fried: The next generation bends over
Sep 19th
hiten:jyamasaki:mary1in: 16 Top Augmented Reality Business...
Sep 18th
stonerparty: The Founders with some real OG advice 4U -...
Sep 15th

Vibram Fingers

gross: I have seen a bit of buzz around the Vibram Five Fingers among my tech friends. I also just...
Sep 14th
How blogging topics are split out on Zemanta’s network...
Sep 14th
“Those of us in a position to help entrepreneurs need to do...”
— Immigration Reform March by...
Sep 13th
“All startup employees – including founders! – should vest...”
— Image via Wikipedia ...
Sep 13th
mary1in:jla-be:gamefreaksnz:TeeFury SPACE BOOK
Sep 13th
The ecological disaster that is dolphin safe...
Sep 13th
“Entrepreneurs can see around corners. The rest of us…not so...”
— Image via Wikipedia Don Dodge...
Sep 13th
encosion: Modern Art = I Could Do That + Yeah, But You...
Sep 12th
“Once you have a product launched, you will the face the joys...”
— Lessons Learned: The cardinal...
Sep 12th

Q: Your position on NDAs?

Image by kharied via Flickr A: I only sign them for lots of cash. I had that email exchange with a...
Sep 12th
designtumblelog: Without knowledge, it’s just data via...
Sep 11th
“Renting usually is cheaper than owning. In really expensive...”
— Bad reasons to buy a home (via...
Sep 10th

Paperless (Office) - Pretty Much There!

continuations: … For instance, when someone wants to give me a pitch deck, I tell them to...
Sep 9th
“Think of it like a movie. The Torah is the first one, and...”
— How to Explain the Religions...
Sep 8th
“News Corporation is launching a global service that will...”
— Rupert Murdoch’s News...
Sep 8th
“If you knew which of your followers had clout, you could...”
— Seth’s Blog: Clout (via...
Sep 8th
“… in a highly connected world, where what might have...”
— Reduce, Reduce, Reduce -...
Sep 8th
“Data is not information, information is not knowledge,...”
— Clifford Stoll And, data is...
Sep 7th
nickdouglas: Robin writes a book: Naming characters with...
Sep 7th
“Solve the simplest customer pains first. If successful with...”
— Twitter / Hiten Shah: Solve...
Sep 7th
Para los que se sienten el centro del Universo | Parados y...
Sep 7th
Image via CrunchBase “But its search volume didn’t...
Sep 7th
hiten:causehabits:jocelynbernard: typo/graphic posters
Sep 6th
joeconyers: (via jschwa) Rafer sez: I see how this image...
Sep 5th
“When the three tech giants replied three weeks later, one...”
— Gevil Serge by davemc500hats ...
Sep 5th
“In the #startup world you want to be nice to everyone....”
— Paul Graham - Twitter / Hiten...
Sep 5th
“Both companies can credit a large portion of their growth to...”
— Image via CrunchBase Endless...
Sep 5th
“Whenever someone says “I’m not book smart, but I’m street...”
— Image by DavidErickson via...
Sep 4th
pukomuko: mikehudack:onemonthhere:noneck: Tennessee...
Sep 4th
“Markets that don’t exist don’t care how smart you are.”
— Marc Andreessen (via...
Sep 4th

Best Entrepreneurship/VC Tumblr Blogs

msg: FYI This list is the reason I’m stuck on Tumblr. Rafer sez: I think this is another vote...
Sep 4th
designtumblelog: Let’s work together to KEEP the PRESENT...
Sep 3rd

Stating your Hypotheses - Market Type

hiten:chrismccann: Resegmented market (niche) - you need to identify a group of existing...
Sep 3rd
“When asked on his deathbed by a priest to renounce the devil...”
— Image by wallyg via Flickr, oh...
Sep 3rd
designtumblelog:1chord & a fib, Historical Fragments:...
Sep 3rd
“Note that I am not saying an entrepreneur shouldn’t get a...”
— Image via Wikipedia ...
Sep 2nd
d43pan: timblelog: (via giant-girls) Oh, wow… This does...
Sep 2nd
“It is not ‘your’ Facebook profile. It is Facebook’s profile...”
— The New York Times: Facebook...
Sep 2nd
Name-Brand versus Store-Brand
Sep 2nd
“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire...”
— Lewis Carroll via last.fm ...
Sep 2nd