Community Queen

On Blankies:

It sounds odd, but there is a top-secret “firm within the firm.”

A dating network where entry hinges on being approved by existing members designated as "curators." 

All the curators are women...make of that what you will. Here are the guidelines:

It’s completely up to the curators. If you’re a guy, you’ll be accepted if one of the curators is interested in you. If you’re a girl, you’ll be accepted if one of the curators thinks you’re cool. In general, curators look for people who work on interesting things and love what they do. Outside of that, we verify that you are who you say you are and that your close friends will vouch for you.

This article is called "Is it a tech bubble?" but I'm more interested in the straight-forward list explaining what the big investment numbers actually mean and the bottom-line motives behind them. A couple of favorite insights:

#2  Instagram seems to be the case study du jour for people arguing we are in a bubble. Reasonable people could disagree about Instagram’s exit price but in order to argue the price was too high you need to argue that either: 1) Facebook is overvalued at its expected IPO valuation of roughly $100B, 2) it was irrational for Facebook to spend 1% of its market cap to own what many people considered one of Facebook’s biggest threats (including Mark Zuckerberg – who I tend to think knows what is good for Facebook better than pundits)...