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AirBnB is for hippies - a shrinking demographic.

This is brilliant - and outdated. Do all Google engineers play RPG's? +60 credibility to my twitter feed!

Its hard to get a dose of realism when you live in California!

I also use iSoap.

Correct, the recipe to Tucker Death Mix is quality content.

I bet that one uncomfortable person is also the wealthiest. Greed will never allow investing to become anything close to a cartel.

My father is the chapter president of his club in Connecticut. He swears by it. I have been to his club twice and plan on going to one in San Francisco tomorrow, the rhino club I believe...

My father is the best salesman I know. He could sell noise-canceling headphones to deaf people, and I want to earn that confidence by going to toastmasters.

I worked at the Clarkson University library for three years and learned the software used to manage library databases is a huge contributor to the problem. I'd love to do something about it if the chance presented itself.

"The most dangerous species of owner ... is the one who gets into the business for love."

That is a powerful quote.

Precisely.

What people will say: read the comments in this section. Reality: Mail room.

Also a very good point. Being surrounded by supportive people improves focus for sure.

LOL @ the pic. iPhone in the night? hahaha The distortion would make my ears bleed too.

Actual Lesser Known Traits of Successful Founders: 1. Private high school 2. Supportive parents/mentors/friends (most likely parents, if on the younger side) 3. Sleep deprived, yet energetic 4. Addiction-prone 5. Nothing to lose

Just a few trends I have noticed over the past year.

Aren't swiss people allowed to buy fully automatic rifles?

Yeah, I just came from New York as well. Visiting here was fun, living here is a hassle. I try to get something done and they ask me what the rush is.

Boiler Room is one of my favs. Even though Glengarry Glen Ross was relatively boring, I like this line:

"It takes brass balls to sell real estate."

Then he turns around and he is holding brass balls. A-B-C is the best pitch ever in a movie, after greed is good of course.

If you want a great example of how to deal with rejection, come to Haight Ashbury and watch the homeless people ask for change. Sometimes if they have a good enough pitch, I'll give them a dollar. There was one guy giving "bad advice" and he told me to give him my credit card and to have unprotected sex with an intravenous drug user.

I gave him a dollar.

I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much.

Jesus you can't make a buck in this market, the country's goin' to hell faster than when that son of a bitch Roosevelt was in charge. Too much cheap money sloshing around the world. The worst mistake we ever made was letting Nixon get off the gold standard.

Yeah, its like blowing bubbles now. Market is shit so call a techie and bring your wallet.

That was pretty funny. Put weed on a modern commodities market and you can be sure stability vanishes.

I would say it is being in a state of constant expansion. Kinda hard when you live on earth. Its just so... finite.

Sarkozy is trying to change social opinion of "careers" and "work" in France to keep pace with other countries. France is a very old country which also makes it even harder to bring change. I think there are a lot of people in France who pick up the slack for others. Kind of like the Israel...

If there is a country we should imitate, I think it would be Israel. Now that's ambition, dedication, and of course, resilience. I think Tel Aviv has the highest concentration of tech startups in the world also.

Why would you think French people only work ten hours per week? My French roommate never understood sarcasm either. He also kept putting the damn eggs in the cupboard even after I told him he would get sick.

I couldn't agree more. There was an article in the WSJ last week about the benefits of sleeping on the job. I'm sure it was read because it seriously clashes with the NY state of mind, but I saw some pretty supportive comments on Twitter from Californians and New Yorkers alike. I would never want my office to be in France where you get to work at 11, go to lunch and have a few bottles of wine from 12-4, and then take off at 5. I'm glad Sarkozy raised the retirement age to 62 though. I just don't want a culture swap, but it looks to be one of the many directions our melting pot could take. My french roommate used to put the eggs in the cupboard! Crazy!

If I saw one of my employees put the eggs in the cupboard and then take a nap in my New York office, my brain would implode.

I'm not suggesting to operate like a sweatshop and I'm aware that manufacturing power in the United States is quite volatile right now, but even when people focus on those right-brain activities, the earth still spins and capitalism still exists. Some of my best work is produced when my fatigue becomes delusion :D

Shake it baby!

I designed and cut vinyl signs for a summer and we had a lazy dog that loved listening to the Yankees in the afternoon. The dog could have been an adept WalMart greeter. If they're not barking or threatening, they're quite charming.