A few weeks ago an entrepreneur asked me “do you think revenge is a bad motivation for starting a business?” My answer: “not at all!” As an entrepreneur it is super important to be extremely motivated. It doesn’t matter much if you are looking for respect from your father, want to be rich to attract the opposite sex or just want to have your revenge. It doesn’t matter much what motivates you as long as it really motivates you....
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We’ve known for some time now our universe is expanding, and in recent years discovered this was happeningconsiderably fasterthan we’d expected. Yet despite momentous innovations in telescope and satellite technology, it’s thought much of what’s out there in the cosmos lies beyond our line of sight — beyond the “observable universe”, as it’s called. It also means we don’t know with any certainty what shape the universe as a whole takes — whether it’s a closed cosmic “doughnut”, a flat plain that stretches out like an endless piece of paper, or a giant sphere in a state of constant expansion....
On Saturday wediscussedsome of the problems facing British startups. Today the private sector rode into town with ahigh-profile launchfor itsStartup Britaininitiative. Is it actually any good though? Startup Britain is the UK’s version of therecently launchedStartup America Partnership. The US initiative is offering hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of private investment in startups and schemes that aid and promote entrepreneurship. What does Britain get meanwhile? A website offering £1500 worth of money-off vouchers for goods and services to help businesses in their early stages and links to useful online resources – or, to put it slightly more coarsely, a tacky affiliate site plastered with images of the prime minister and Richard Branson....
You’ll likely remember a few months ago when therumorsstartedflyingabout a Facebook phone. Well, churn up the old mill again because it looks like we might have stumbled onto the Facebook Phone once more. This time, INQ Mobile appears to be making an Android-based device that includes a homescreen with “mulitple entry points to different Facebook functions”. Beyond that, though, it will have a widget that displays “a feed of status updates, albums, videos and photos”....
