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Winter Desert Trip

Posted on December 16, 2011

I managed to escape the city last weekend. I should do that more often.

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Excellent Quote

Posted on December 12, 2011
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The Numbers Are Just Striking

Posted on December 7, 2011

241,000 concurrent viewers for a gaming tournament. They weren’t watching Messi dribbling elegantly and scoring a goal, they were not watching LeBron James dunk, they were watching computer figures running around a terrain shooting each other. It won’t be too … Continue reading →

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Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurs Night

Posted on November 19, 2011

I received many requests for copies of my presentation at the event. Here it is. Read the books I recommend on slide 3. They will increase your chances of success by an order of magnitude. Tel Aviv University Entrepreneurs Night … Continue reading →

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The Making of “The Shining”

Posted on August 15, 2011

If the word Redrum still makes you shiver, and these two little girls will make you lose sleep at night, you’ll derive great pleasure from watching the excellent behind-the-scenes documentary Vivian Kubrick (Stanley Kubrick’s 17-years old daughter) shot on set:

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Who is Losing from Groupon’s IPO?

Posted on June 4, 2011

Groupon is clearly the poster boy of a new era of commerce and one of the fastest growing companies of all times. As rumors of their $30B IPO hype started spreading around the interwebs, I wanted to spend a couple … Continue reading →

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Recite This Every Day to Live Life to its Fullest

Posted on June 1, 2011

Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. – Rumi

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Israel Memorial Day

Posted on May 8, 2011

This book is cheerfully dedicated to those greatest and most heroic of all human endeavors, WAR and WARFARE; may they never cease to give us the pleasure, excitement and adrenal stimulation that we need, or provide us with the heroes, … Continue reading →

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With All Due Respect to the Libyans, There Are More Important Things Happening Right Now

Posted on March 8, 2011

Once again, Google Trends shows what the world really cares about. While Gaddafi is leading the news reference volume with about 42,000 Google News articles in the past week, Charlie Sheen (24,000 Google News mentions) clearly made it clear that … Continue reading →

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The Straight Story Revisited

Posted on February 22, 2011

I watched The Straight Story again today (David Lynch, 1999; starring the unforgettable Richard Farnsworth), and it moved me even more than the previous times I watched it. I think I am getting more sentimental as I get older. Angelo … Continue reading →

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