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A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency

MIT researchers have developed a new cryptocurrency that drastically reduces the data users need to join the network and verify transactions — by up to 99 percent compared to today’s popular cryptocurrencies. This means a much more scalable network. Cryptocurrencies, such…

We didn’t see this coming

The trap of early feedback

We skew our thinking based on the first feedback we get. That’s the moment of maximum fragility, and so our radar is on high alert.But the math doesn’t hold up, and this high alert can destroy our most important work.All…

15 Moments That Defined Facebook's First 15 Years

On February 4, 2004, back when "Hey Ya!" was still topping the charts and global dominion was but a glimmer in a young Mark Zuckerberg’s eye, the 19-year-old Harvard sophomore and his roommates unleashed their creation, TheFacebook.com, on humanity. Or…

Twitter finally tells brands how many users it has

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. Credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Twitter revealed its number of daily users for the first time on Thursday, disclosing that there are 126 million people on the service. After years of withholding…

Does saving more lives lead to overpopulation?

What I learned at work this year

Every Christmas when I was a kid, my parents would send out a card with an update on what the family was up to. Dad’s law firm is growing, Mom’s volunteer work is going strong, the girls are doing well in…

The Man Clearing 9,000 Tons of Trash From Mumbai’s Beaches

Over three years ago, Versova beach in Mumbai was little more than a dumping ground for garbage and waste. After witnessing the devastating impact the refuse was having on the ocean, Afroz Shah decided to take matters into his own…

How To Be Successful

I’ve observed thousands of founders and thought a lot about what it takes to make a huge amount of money or to create something important. Usually, people start off wanting the former and end up wanting the latter.Here are 13…

No More “Struggle Porn” – Nat Eliason

I don’t like @GaryVee.I say @GaryVee because I don’t know Gary Vaynerchuk personally. He could be delightful and entirely unlike his online persona. But his Internet character is doing harm to would-be entrepreneurs.Go watch a typical post from GaryVee if…