Comments for Ben Casnocha http://casnocha.com A blog about entrepreneurship, books, current affairs, and intellectual life. Wed, 23 May 2012 15:33:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Why Have I Not Done Drugs? And Should I? by M.J Sid http://casnocha.com/2010/02/why-have-i-not-done-drugs-and-should-i.html#comment-34859 M.J Sid Wed, 23 May 2012 15:33:09 +0000 http://localhost/wp_canocha/?p=219#comment-34859 This is ridiculous. ... You have identified an irregularity in your makeup. You possess traits that would snuggle drug use, and yet they remain unrealised. Now you need to organise the buffet, and begin taking your medicine one by one. SF, nuff' said. It is much easier to regret abstinence, ignorance is not bliss. This is ridiculous.
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You have identified an irregularity in your makeup. You possess traits that would snuggle drug use, and yet they remain unrealised. Now you need to organise the buffet, and begin taking your medicine one by one. SF, nuff’ said. It is much easier to regret abstinence, ignorance is not bliss.

]]> Comment on Ernst & Young Motivational Video by Flincking http://casnocha.com/2007/04/ernst_young_mot.html#comment-34775 Flincking Wed, 23 May 2012 09:21:02 +0000 http://localhost/wp_canocha/?p=1124#comment-34775 Expressability Expressability

]]> Comment on Quick Impressions of Italy, 2012 Edition by Ben Casnocha http://casnocha.com/2012/05/quick-impressions-of-italy-2012-edition.html#comment-34722 Ben Casnocha Wed, 23 May 2012 05:56:35 +0000 http://casnocha.com/?p=3450#comment-34722 I think leadership, policies, and institutions are all themselves affected by culture. Also, hard to equate N Korea and S Korea culture at this point. This is a good collection of essays on the topic: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465031765/complainandresol I think leadership, policies, and institutions are all themselves affected by culture.

Also, hard to equate N Korea and S Korea culture at this point.

This is a good collection of essays on the topic: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465031765/complainandresol

]]> Comment on Quick Impressions of Italy, 2012 Edition by Ben Casnocha http://casnocha.com/2012/05/quick-impressions-of-italy-2012-edition.html#comment-34720 Ben Casnocha Wed, 23 May 2012 05:50:44 +0000 http://casnocha.com/?p=3450#comment-34720 We missed you, Vince. We missed you, Vince.

]]> Comment on Quick Impressions of Italy, 2012 Edition by Vince Williams http://casnocha.com/2012/05/quick-impressions-of-italy-2012-edition.html#comment-34650 Vince Williams Wed, 23 May 2012 01:27:12 +0000 http://casnocha.com/?p=3450#comment-34650 Regarding the mindset that gets fostered when kids live at home with their parents into their early 30s-- one of the biggest issues is where do you go to have sex. Sex on a Vespa is not impossible. Some guys hook up at the steam bath. I was afraid to go into the Labyrinth at this place in Naples, because God knows who might grope you in the dark; it could be David Geffen, or, shudder, an investment banker. Regarding the mindset that gets fostered when kids live at home with their parents into their early 30s– one of the biggest issues is where do you go to have sex.

Sex on a Vespa is not impossible.

Some guys hook up at the steam bath. I was afraid to go into the Labyrinth at this place in Naples, because God knows who might grope you in the dark; it could be David Geffen, or, shudder, an investment banker.

]]> Comment on Mike Moritz is Chasing Daylight — The Adjustments He’s Making As a Result by Chris Yeh http://casnocha.com/2012/05/mike-moritz-is-chasing-daylight-the-adjustments-hes-making-as-a-result.html#comment-34307 Chris Yeh Mon, 21 May 2012 23:38:53 +0000 http://casnocha.com/?p=3461#comment-34307 Oh yeah, we should point out that the notes from our Junto on dying are here: http://svjunto.wikispaces.com/dyingwell Oh yeah, we should point out that the notes from our Junto on dying are here:
http://svjunto.wikispaces.com/dyingwell

]]> Comment on Mike Moritz is Chasing Daylight — The Adjustments He’s Making As a Result by Chris Yeh http://casnocha.com/2012/05/mike-moritz-is-chasing-daylight-the-adjustments-hes-making-as-a-result.html#comment-34306 Chris Yeh Mon, 21 May 2012 23:37:48 +0000 http://casnocha.com/?p=3461#comment-34306 I thought about writing about the Moritz news when I saw it this morning. Glad to see you picked up the torch. It's incredibly sad news, but my own experiences have shown that there is a silver lining to being forced to confront mortality. If you know your time is limited, you'll prioritize what's really important, and it sounds like Mike is doing just that. It would also be interesting to contrast that with Steve Jobs determination to keep running Apple as long as possible. He too knew his time was limited, and made a different choice. I thought about writing about the Moritz news when I saw it this morning. Glad to see you picked up the torch.

It’s incredibly sad news, but my own experiences have shown that there is a silver lining to being forced to confront mortality. If you know your time is limited, you’ll prioritize what’s really important, and it sounds like Mike is doing just that.

It would also be interesting to contrast that with Steve Jobs determination to keep running Apple as long as possible. He too knew his time was limited, and made a different choice.

]]> Comment on Mike Moritz is Chasing Daylight — The Adjustments He’s Making As a Result by Charlie http://casnocha.com/2012/05/mike-moritz-is-chasing-daylight-the-adjustments-hes-making-as-a-result.html#comment-34288 Charlie Mon, 21 May 2012 21:50:37 +0000 http://casnocha.com/?p=3461#comment-34288 I feel that the thing that keeps me from traveling, and from pursuing all the other things I want to pursue, is a lack of money to pay the bills more than anything else. So it's not at all surprising that one of the most successful VCs in Silicon Valley history, when given a rude awakening about his limited time, will spend it doing precisely what he wants. It's what most everyone would do, if they could. I feel that the thing that keeps me from traveling, and from pursuing all the other things I want to pursue, is a lack of money to pay the bills more than anything else. So it’s not at all surprising that one of the most successful VCs in Silicon Valley history, when given a rude awakening about his limited time, will spend it doing precisely what he wants. It’s what most everyone would do, if they could.

]]> Comment on Mike Moritz is Chasing Daylight — The Adjustments He’s Making As a Result by Jackie Danicki http://casnocha.com/2012/05/mike-moritz-is-chasing-daylight-the-adjustments-hes-making-as-a-result.html#comment-34261 Jackie Danicki Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:49 +0000 http://casnocha.com/?p=3461#comment-34261 I first thought of you and Chris Yeh when I read this sad news. You're my go-to guys for mortality and business, I guess. I first thought of you and Chris Yeh when I read this sad news. You’re my go-to guys for mortality and business, I guess.

]]> Comment on Quick Impressions of Italy, 2012 Edition by Nicolo' Borghi http://casnocha.com/2012/05/quick-impressions-of-italy-2012-edition.html#comment-34257 Nicolo' Borghi Mon, 21 May 2012 20:05:43 +0000 http://casnocha.com/?p=3450#comment-34257 Ben, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I am 29 and live in Milan. I see two kinds of groups among young Italian people: 1) The ones (80-90%) who have career anxiety, don't like their job or are unemployed and are sending out resumes here and there with no strategy. 2) The remaining ones who actually don't give a damn about the crisis because they are working hard at their startups. I don't want to sound self-promoting but for example of the co-founder of <a href="http://milan.the-hub.net/" rel="nofollow">The Hub Milan</a>, an incubator for social ventures, I am going to launch <a href="http://fluo.creonomy.com/" rel="nofollow"> my startup </a> in the next few months and I organize <a href="http://www.startuparty.com/" rel="nofollow"> events </a> to boost the startup ecosystem and give them international exposure. It's cool to see this second group is growing rapidly. As I said <a href="http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxTrieste-5611-Nicol-Borghi-B/" here </a>, young Italian people should be more like their grandparents, those who "built" Italy after WWII. Stop complaining and start making. Ben,
thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I am 29 and live in Milan. I see two kinds of groups among young Italian people:

1) The ones (80-90%) who have career anxiety, don’t like their job or are unemployed and are sending out resumes here and there with no strategy.

2) The remaining ones who actually don’t give a damn about the crisis because they are working hard at their startups.

I don’t want to sound self-promoting but for example of the co-founder of The Hub Milan, an incubator for social ventures, I am going to launch my startup in the next few months and I organize events to boost the startup ecosystem and give them international exposure.

It’s cool to see this second group is growing rapidly.

As I said <a href="http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxTrieste-5611-Nicol-Borghi-B/&quot; here , young Italian people should be more like their grandparents, those who “built” Italy after WWII. Stop complaining and start making.

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