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Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon 
Personal investor in early-stage technology companies, including Skype (acquired by eBay), Postini (acquired by Google), Flarion (acquired by Qualcomm), Gracenote (acquired by S...

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The importance of institutional redundancy

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Posted: Friday 20 November 2009 - Views (36) - Category: External - View Comments
Every system built by a single institution has points of failure that can bring the entire system down. Even in organizations that have tried hard for internal redundancy - for example, Google and Amazon have extremely distributed infrastructures - there will always be system-wide shared components, architectures, or assumptions that are flawed. The only way [...]
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Pitch yourself, not your idea

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Posted: Saturday 14 November 2009 - Views (37) - Category: External - View Comments
There is a widespread myth that the most important part of building a great company is coming up with a great idea. This myth is reflected in popular movies and books: someone invents the Post-it note or cocktail umbrellas and becomes an overnight millionaire. It is also perpetuated by experienced business people who, for the [...]
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