J-Curve & The Hype Cycle: Potential Exits

Will Hsu had a very interesting post on his blog, Hitchiker’s Guide to 650.  (Yes, it’s a pretty cool blog title)
Will overlayed the now infamous Hype Cycle and a hypothetical startup valuation J-Curveover each other, like this:

(Minor nits – the J-Curve here likely shouldn’t start at zero, but at some higher amount.  The founding team [...]

2004 Election Map by County

On the eve before the 2008 elections, I thought I’d post a picture I saved from the last election in 2004.  It’s hard to believe the likely difference between this almost completely red map and the map that is likely going to be drawn tomorrow.

It’s a good reminder of the hubris of Republican partisans after [...]