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Meet Adam Rifkin, The Godfather of Silicon Valley

November 16th, 2006 11 Comments Noah

If there were a gate to Silicon Valley, Adam Rifkin is the person at the tollboth. I can’t tell you how many times people tell me, “oh do you know Adam Rifkin.” I shout yes with such pride. Adam is well connected. More importantly than that he is friggin awesome and exceptionally nice. Most people [...]

3 Tough Thursday Questions: Josh Spear

October 5th, 2006 1 Comment Noah

If you are hip with trends and cool things then you will know who Josh Spear is. Based in Colorado his full time job is spotting trends, writing them on his website and helping companies create new trends. I was able to ask him 3 questions for you. 1- How did you become interested in [...]

3 Tough Thursday Questions: Dharmesh Shah / Onstartups.com

September 28th, 2006 1 Comment Noah

A few months ago I sent Dharmesh’s site to Robert Scoble who linked to his site and ever since then he has been on an upward climb. Dharmesh has some really great startup advice and is the guru for businesses being sold on eBay. I got to ask him 3 tough questions. 1- How should [...]

Interview with Barry Schwartz author Paradox of Choice

September 14th, 2006 10 Comments Noah

I loved Paradox of Choice so much I decided to contact Barry Schwartz and hear more about choices. Here is what we talked about: Where did you go to school? undergrad nyu majoring in psychology and philosophy grad penn: phd psychology : interestes in skinnearian & animal learning. How did you choose NYU for undergrad? [...]

WDYDAD? Ramit Sethi, Entrepreneur

July 14th, 2006 2 Comments Noah

Person: Ramit Sethi Job: creator of IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com and Co-founder & VP Marketing for PBwiki. Favorite Book: Doctors by Erich Segal I’m not really sure if I’m the best person to write this, but if Noah asks, how can I say no? Lots of people ask me, “How many hours do you spend working/day?” I never [...]

WDYDAD? Shivani Sopory, Auditor

July 13th, 2006 1 Comment Noah

Person: Shivani Sopory Job: Auditor I think this WDYDAD needs a little bit of an introduction just because nobody knows what I do when I tell them I’m an auditor (not even Noah whose known me for a while now :) . So, what do I do? I audit financial statements. Why? Because there’s a statistic [...]