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Focus – and strike it rich

Amazing video from the System Club archive.

What can you learn from this?

Lesson #1: Invest in Facebook when it’s just some kids coding in a rented house in Palo Alto.

But it you can’t do that, then what?…

“Today, we are all here to discuss what we should do in the next 5 to 10 years.

So, what will Alibaba become in the future?

Since we were working on China Pages, I’ve always said our competitors are not …

Jack Ma paints the vision for his team – 15 years ago

Two minutes and 10 seconds of leadership in action.

“Today, we are all here to discuss what we should do in the next five to ten years…”

Chinese …

Every now and then it pays to step back and take a broad view of where we’ve been and where we are now.

The evolution of computing:

Phase #1: Let’s crack enemy codes and drop bombs with greater accuracy

Phase …

“It is a rare qualification to be able to conceive and suffer the truth to pass through us living and intact.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Welcome to the music business. You’re f***ed.” – Martin Atkins

There are already more worthwhile …

May 9, 2014

“Apple got everything right except the earbud…”

Jimmy Iovine: “I wasn’t talented enough to stay in the band” – So he built a company and sold it for $3.2 billion to Apple instead

Why Apple’s acquisition of …