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Startups and Libertarian Populism

As more and more people look to the startup community to save our nation and our economy, it is only reasonable for things to get way more political. As more former bankers and teachers and rodeo clowns start companies, we’re witnessing the emergence of entrepreneurs as a political bloc. But we are influenced by a [ READ MORE ]

Incentives and Carried Interest

The House recently passed a bill to tax carried interest at the higher income tax – rather than the lower capital gains – rates. This has generated considerable consternation and debate in the venture world and somehow led to Chris Dixon asking Jim Robinson to go fuck himself [1]. In brief, taxing carried interest – [ READ MORE ]

Facebook and the Extra-National Currency

The creation of an extra-national currency has long been a libertarian dream. Fiat currency, after all, ties our assets to the wills and whims of a central government. At times — and many people argue that now is such a time — poor government decisions can dramatically debase the value of our income and savings. [ READ MORE ]

An Agile Approach to Science Education

As an entrepreneur, a big part of my job is figuring out what people want and building products that meet those needs. Even if I think a product is really cool, I’m not going to invest time and money making it better if the market doesn’t seem to care. There’s a slim chance that I’ll [ READ MORE ]

Get Rid of the Accreditation Requirement

As anyone who has tried to raise angel capital knows, there are strict restrictions on taking money from individual investors. Unless, of course, those individuals are Accredited Investors as defined by federal securities law. That is, unless they are rich enough. If you don’t have more than $1 million in assets or income over $200,000 [ READ MORE ]

The Government Technology Gap

My girlfriend had the unenviable task of going to the DMV this morning. I’ll spare the gory details, but I think we can all get behind the premise that the level of technology adoption (user-facing as well as internal) within governments lags well behind the level of adoption in the private sector. You see it [ READ MORE ]

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