I love highlighting David’s writing. He doesn’t write often, but when he does, it’s right.
The best line (spoiler): “I believe a startup only has one real competitor, indifference.”
All of the things that you experience start to mean something if you can sustain the hope that there is a meaning behind things. Pulling it together suddenly is the most fun part of all. It’s *almost* effortless. You become known by your works, which give you leverage, that you don’t even need because you [...]
I’ve been in Boston for 8 months now. Not full time, more like 15 days a month. The culture, social circles and most importantly weather have all been challenging to acclimate to. But that probably would be true anywhere, especially when you have spent the last decade in a city as embracing as [...]
Todays lesson comes from my youngest son, who agonized over coming off a ramp on his skateboard for an hour, but after trying (and falling) now can’t get enough of it and is trying to jump off of every ramp at Rocketown.
Try it because you’re afraid… thats the stuff you’ll love the most. [...]
Pretty excited to meet all of NYC’s tech community and the founders from Techstars at TechCocktail NYC on Friday. I’ll be there representing both my startup Moontoast and my microfund Jumpstart Foundry. If you are gonna be there, please find me and say hi!

Marcus Whitney has founded four startups and somehow managed to maintain a love affair with his family, friends and hip-hop. He is a cyborg innovator in Social and Music Startups and a student of Founder Happiness. more here
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