Author name: dbasch

Paul Erdös used to say that mathematicians “die” when they retire or cease to do math; when they physically die […]

I believe that Silicon Valley is like Las Vegas, except they make you pass a number of tests before they

It’s as simple as this: Go work for an established company for a year. Preferably more than a thousand employees,

In the late nineties, internet IPOs were all the rage. It was really easy for a company to go public,

There are 10 types of people in every company: the Builders and the Guardians. This is an oversimplification of course,

Many people are talking about IPOs and bubbles, because it sells. Let’s jump in while the water is warm. I

The Facebook IPO went fine and dandy. Facebook raised 16 billion dollars. So the millon dollar qu… I mean the

Gentle readers, the time has come to pause my usual sarcasm and dry humor until my next post. Hope you’ll

I hate the phrase “angel investor.” I hate it with the fiery rage of one thousand Betelgeuses. There is nothing angelic

On March 20th, 2000 Inktomi had a market capitalization of 25 billion dollars. As a relatively early employee, I was