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Alex is an internet entrepreneur, husband and father. Interests include technology, current events and sports.

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I suppose my formula might be: dream, diversify and never miss an angle.

Walt Disney

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Gabe Leydon drops the mic. Great interview for anyone interested in the media landscape. 

H/t Gavin

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Whatever it is you want. Go the damn extra mile, because I can promise you… it might be lonely but it‘s certainly not crowded.

Pascal Finette

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It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

Isaac Asimov

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A dean from MIT is starting a radical new university with no majors, lectures, or classrooms

“I don’t see it having any face to face, on-the-ground lectures, actually."

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You deserve to be here but you're entitled to nothing.

Nick Saban

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Before we worry about encrypted messages, let's look at the ones we can already see.

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George Hotz is taking on Google and Tesla by himself

H/t Gavin. Great read.

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Next time you’re in a virtual reality experience, I encourage you to try and identify where the creator may want you to …

“The game’s creator isn’t the storyteller. The storyteller is the person playing the game. All a creator can hope to achieve is constructing the best kind of experiential world for that person, so when she comes out of it, her memories craft a story both profound and powerful. Added bonus on the creator-front if she is emotionally and spiritually on point with what the creator had hoped. 

The above is as true for VR as it is for games.”

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Inside "The Bunker": Twentieth Century Fox's Futuristic VR Innovation Lab

In a nondescript building in L.A., Fox's "three amigos" are helping to define Hollywood's VR future.

"What any medium needs to succeed is monetizable stuff. Not just what the consumer will pay for, but what they want to pay for."

Interesting read on the future of Hollywood and VR, with Fox leading the way.

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Antony Jenkins says: 'Only a few [incumbent banks] will have the courage and decisiveness to win in this new field.'

Banks aren’t “next”. Everything’s next.

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Intuit recently did a survey of small business owners. A key finding was 64% of small business owners surveyed said they started their business with less than $10,000 in invested capital. Equally interesting is that only 13% said they spent...

h/t Alex Hillman

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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Mark Twain

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Bringing Up Genius

Is every healthy child a potential prodigy?

Fascinating read

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H/t Keith

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