Locust:
some nasty bug in our backyard
“Natural disasters are limited to Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, comet strikes and the end of the world.”
Big companies win by sucking less than other big companies.
That’s incredible.
via davidannis: so good
COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
The difference in lifestyle between extracting a few million dollars a year from an operating business vs selling it all for a one-time payday of, say, $40 million is not as significant as it may appear. Much less significant than the difference between waking up in the morning to a passionate purpose versus yet another day of aimless pleasure.
So that’s the Mint story. $0 to $170m in three years flat. While everyone else was doing social media, music, video or the startup de jour, we tried to ground ourselves in what any business should be doing: solve a real problem for people.
— The Value of TechCrunch50: Mint Acquired by Intuit for $170m Two Years After Winning TC40.
Just making some music
