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For would-be entrepreneurs and early-stage investors the essays on this site are must-reads. The author, Paul Graham, is smart and experienced! Although most of the examples reference software/web-based start-up businesses, the advice and lessons-learned are applicable to almost all new ventures. With more than fifty essays on the site I would filter the must-reads for those interested in start-ups to:
The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups
Satellite imagery. Download the software it is well worth it.
Quick check of current time worldwide.
Residential real estate pricing with aerial and satellite imagery.
Find the best places to live in the US
This is just way cool. The site translates text from an email, website, Word document and the like, to and from multiple languages.
Joseph Kittinger
Colonel Kittinger: 16 August 1960 free-fall jump from 102,800 feet! Flew 483 combat missions in Vietnam--shot down 11 May 1972 and spent 11 months as a prisoner. A real hero and the real-deal!
Credit to Felix Baumgartner for his record setting 128,100 foot leap of faith on October 12, 2012 from the Red Bull Stratos over New Mexico. We thought it was very respectful and rather cool that Colonel Kittinger was at the command center on the radio going through the pre-jump check list for Felix. The risks for Colonel Kittinger fifty-two years ago certified him forever as having the “right stuff.”