“This is Your Life in Silicon Valley” published by Sunil Rajaraman

Medium Daily Digest Most recommended by people you follow This is Your Life in Silicon Valley You wake up at 6:30am after an Ambien-induced sleep. It's Friday. Last night at The Rosewood was pretty intense — you had to check out… Sunil Rajaraman 11 min read Meet Matter Studios "Be more radical," Ev Williams once emailed me, which is the most terrifying and electrifying thing your boss could say. in Matter, by Mark Lotto 4 min read Why Raising Too Much Money Can Harm Your Startup Amongst the most often asked questions I get from founders is, "How much money should I raise?" in Both Sides of the Table, by Mark Suster 7 min read How to make firing people suck less for them and suck more for you Maybe if you fire a hundred people, you'll eventually get used to it. But I doubt it. Firing people is horrible. Nothing has stressed me… in Signal v. 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Still feeling the summer breeze of warm ocean wind… in Dear Design Student, by Mike Monteiro 9 min read This Is What You Do When The World Falls Apart… "OK," I said, "Here's what you do. Just be interested in other people." in The Mission, by James Altucher 2 min read What's new for designers, August 2016 In this month's edition of what's new for designers and developers, we've included productivity apps, email marketing apps, UI kits, CMSs… WebdesignerDepot 8 min read Writing Outside the Lines Years ago, I distinctly remember thinking that I could make it in the blogging world if I was able to establish myself on some beat. While… in 500ish Words, by M.G. Siegler 3 min read Mind Without Heart Higher and Lower Self in umair haque, by umair haque 3 min read The Choice There Are Two Ways Out of the Breakdown of Capitalism. The Good Way. And the Other Way. in On Techne, by umair haque 6 min read What Our 3 Biggest Successes and 2 Biggest Failures Taught Us About Company Culture By Leo Widrich in The Startup, by Buffer 12 min read Women Editors, Modern Romances, and Busting Ghosts Over the past few months, Medium has grown, and so have we. in The Outtake, by Kelli Marshall 1 min read True Seeing Time, Space, and Possibility in umair haque, by umair haque 3 min read CINEMÁX PREMIERES NEW ORIGINAL SERIES "MOTEL" BEGINNING AUGUST 18 Cinemáx will premiere MOTEL on August 18, 2016 at 10 PM EST. 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Ranked Welp, we ranked all the jokes in Airplane! from best to worst. in Bullshit Ist, by Alex Kavutskiy 22 min read Leave Gabby Douglas Alone The social media bullying has to stop. in ThinkProgress, by Lindsay Gibbs 5 min read What It's Really Like to Be Young, Black, and an African Tech Startup Entrepreneur (in Africa) This post is going to read like a vaguely-connected set of thoughts and ideas. I have a habit of writing running sentences and occasionally… Wiza Jalakasi 10 min read The Time My Mother Left My mother walked out on us once, threw up her hands, turned her back and hit the road. 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And it got weird. in HeartSupport, by Benjamin Sledge 7 min read Top stories in life-lessons Stop Spending So Much Time In Your Head 99% of all thoughts are useless but they're still controlling your life. in Art Of Practicality, by Darius Foroux 4 min read How To Finish 2016 Like A Rock Star (and have more momentum in 2017 than you know what to do with) As you look at the rest of your 2016 (4.5 months = approximately 135 days), I challenge you to re-think 1) the entire process of how people… in The Mission, by Benjamin P. Hardy 7 min read Read more on Medium Connect with us on:

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