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Tried to buy it and your paypal doesn't work.

that's what a lot of people say, but I think it's more of an excuse/laziness around explaining the actual problem. any entrepreneur who raises a series A will be managed by his investors. if he is not the CEO he will be managed by the CEO and the investors/board.

I didn't intend it to be about money. I also said that entrepreneurs want a 1% shot at ruling the world (king vs. rich). It's really about perception of control and perception of fairness around hard work.

Thanks. Apologies on the tone.

No worries. I didn't mean to sound harsh in my tone. I thought your comment was a snap judgement without any real research. If you did do research you would know that I don't do all of the teaching, we bring in experts from every location, just like a conference.

This is great. My favorite part is that you have internal "support services" to help with design/refactoring, etc.

Mark was actually only there for the China part which was four days including weekend. He's actually highly interested in the business climate there and wants his kids to learn mandarin.

faking it is fine if you actually make it. if you don't, then you're just a baller on a budget

absolutely nothing qualifies me to run a lean/entrepreneurial workshop. except our workshops kick fucking ass.

what qualifies you to start a business? what qualifies anyone to do anything?

"It means the probability of a startup making it really big is not merely not a constant fraction of the probability that it will succeed, but that the startups with a high probability of the former will seem to have a disproportionately low probability of the latter."

The "not merely not" phrase here is a little confusing. What PG is saying is that the probability of it succeeding is inversely related to the probability of it being a big success?

what resources have you used or steps have you taken to get into the nitty gritty?

Here's the actual link to apply for the free space/classes: http://m-rge.com/

It's an application only to filter out non-hackers & designers.

The goal of M-RGE isn't to compete on classes/events at all. It's all about creating a community and curating the top people to be there.

The space is not trying to be like GA, ie. classes aren't the point. It's trying to curate the best hacker and design talent into a common community. From my experience at Dogpatch Labs in NYC, free is extremely effective at getting the best people.

It's clear from Pincus's past actions that Zynga doesn't play by the rules everyone else does

Sorry, I meant they are too niche.

I just created an account and am not sure what it is for. There's no about page anywhere.

It's refreshing to see someone admit to their mistakes and grow from them!

No, it's a good attempt though. Most of his courses are too theoretical to matter or get anyone anywhere a job.

anyone know how long this might take to pass and become legislation?

this failure happened after his initial success, not before

So the question is, who sold it, Jobs or Markkula?

Could you be more specific about Wozniak's equal amount of failures? Not quite sure I agree.

Thanks pg.

My intent was not to bash Jobs, quite the opposite as I called him "one of the best CEOs ever to live" in the conclusion.

My goal is to reflect on what skills are really important in an early startup. The Apple II wasn't a success because of Jobs's leadership or because of his design focus like with the iPhone. Founders don't think about Markkula's role in getting the Apple II mainstream. Furthermore, Jobs had to fail over and over, wasting millions of dollars, before he tamed his bad habits and realized what would work. Then again, I only know what I'm talking about from reading Isaacson's biography and doing my own research. Thought this would make an interesting discussion.

Your stretching pretty far here. "Vision" was what led Steve Jobs wrong for 20 years of his life. Markkula knew the industry and knew what would work, Wozniak had the best engineering ability of anyone. This was the magic combination and what founders should try to emulate.

It's not just scale either. Jobs was also famous and perceived as successful. He could be a complete asshole to people and they would still work with him. You should try that in your next startup...

You're right that they both needed each other. You're wrong that Jobs was best at building a company. Markkula and Scott built the company. But I agree Apple would have failed without Jobs.

He was not a visionary entrepreneur, that's the whole point. His vision led him to create product flops for 20 years. Markkula on the other hand got it correct with the Apple II from having the right industry knowledge.

Wake up and look around at how many founders are trying to emulate Jobs. This article is about looking at the facts--mainly that Steve was not a great founder.

True, but the least important in the mix was Jobs.

First statement is completely up for debate. Jobs did continue without Wozniak and he failed every product in the next 18 years and spent millions of dollars. Not something founders here can emulate.