Scott Rafer's Blog

“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