Notes from Rendon Street

bey0nd-the-sky:

 The Glowing Firefly Squid.Found in Tayoma, Japan.

(Source: ohmyasian, via jar-jarbinxx)

olegkurnosov:

How @flatstack / @flatsoft attended @nastachku conf

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I’m kind of surprised at how much the passing of Levon Helm meant to me. I’ve seen the term “great North American” music used in describing The Band and it seems apt. Something so genuine and soulful about their work. 

This is one of my favorite songs from “The Last Waltz” and to me sums up the straightforward nature of their work even while interpreting a Marvin Gaye song.

I love this video because it marks a big change in how Louisiana discusses what is happening here in the state. It’s not just about what if’s anymore, but what is. Gameloft is a major video game publisher that could have opened up anywhere, but chose us because it made the most sense…not something a lot of people would have expected 10 years ago.  

Finally, instead of pursuing traditional “jobs” via steel factories and auto plants, the leadership on the state and local level is going after modern, progressive industries.

It’s almost ready for public consumption…so to speak. Follow @BarNotes

The view of Freshbooks Founder Mike McDerment on web application product development.

lpignition:

A guest post by Launch Pad Ignition co-founder Peter Bodenheimer for the Global Accelerator Network.

This is awesome.

A year ago I noticed a pattern in the least successful startups we’d funded: they all seemed hard to talk to. It felt as if there was some kind of wall between us. I could never quite tell if they understood what I was saying.

This caught my attention because earlier we’d noticed a pattern among the most successful startups, and it seemed to hinge on a different quality. We found the startups that did best were the ones with the sort of founders about whom we’d say “they can take care of themselves.” The startups that do best are fire-and-forget in the sense that all you have to do is give them a lead, and they’ll close it, whatever type of lead it is. When they’re raising money, for example, you can do the initial intros knowing that if you wanted to you could stop thinking about it at that point. You won’t have to babysit the round to make sure it happens. That type of founder is going to come back with the money; the only question is how much on what terms.