“One of the downsides of many Lisps is that they put too much emphasis on application rather than composition. For example, (mapcar (lambda (x) (f (g x))) list) is more awkward than (mapcar (compose f g) list) or [ g f ] map

“Valuation is temporary, control is forever.

“Investors who want to increase their percent ownership try to drive down the next round’s valuation.

“To provide effective auditory renderings of information, one needs to start from the actual information being presented, rather than a visual presentation of that information.

“Both Apple and Microsoft are moving towards the Smalltalk model, with the Cocoa development environment on the Mac, and .Net/WPF on Windows.

“Barriers to exit are barriers to entry too.

“Firefox has made huge inroads in Europe over the past year, to the point where Internet Explorer is in danger of losing its market share lead in some countries.

“Allowing users to maximize any window to a monitor has its problems. But forcing users to deal with more windows by preventing maximization [like Apple] is not good user interface design.

“A quick exit with no dilution is often a better value than a larger exit in 5-10 years after raising successive rounds of capital.

“The brain exists to protect the body.