Adolf Hipster

Thanks to Hannah Hunt for the photo submission!

All the way from Dublin’s Web Summit last week, a fabulous black-skirts-and-tops Memo was received by these two smart and lovely “chicks who teach code,” General Assembly London’s Courtney Boyd Myers and Decoded’s Kathryn Parsons. Conferences and tech events organizers: what further motivation to #ChangeTheRatio could you possibly need?

I first heard about Paul Graham through his essays. Prior to YC’s brand becoming the international juggernaut it is today, the essays were what lead Michelle, Pete and me to apply to YC. One of Paul’s essays that really stood out for me was How to Make Wealth, and in particular the concept that...

A year ago last Friday I left eight years cutting code and plumbing servers to take my very first marketing job. Prior to then and even before in college and high school, hard skills were what paid my bills - technical work building stuff mostly for the Internet. Everything I had done up until...

“Bear Bryant wore the houndstooth hat, and a lot of the old coaches wore hats back in the day. You know, hats like a man wore when he was dressed up in a coat and tie. Dressing like that told your players you expected them to take care of business and do things the right way and play like men. Why any coach thinks looking like a half-ass golfer at night inspires young men is beyond me. Dressing like that says: let’s go play some golf. Let’s go look like silly asses out there. Would having your coach dress like a golfer make you want to go out and pop somebody? A coach who wears a visor and has a good team is winning despite the visor. Whereas a coach in a dress hat was worth three to seven points. There at the end, Bear’s houndstooth was worth ten points, minimum.”

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