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2021/04/14 - The first 18 months of a startup 2021/04/14 - Do pandemics ever completely end? Sometimes… 2021/04/13 - Why Writers Write (according to Joan Didion) 2021/04/12 - The power of fans: Taylor Swift’s negotiation tactics 2021/04/09 - About Music, Fame and Social Media 2021/04/07 - Creators and Freelancers are Taking Over the World 2021/04/05 - What is LinkedIn now? Why build a Clubhouse competitor? 2021/03/31 - The a16z Marketplace 100 report for 2021 2021/03/31 - Disco Elysium Final Cut on PlayStation 2021/03/30 - How To Block Websites in the Host file on Your Mac 2021/03/30 - Daylight Saving Time: Can We Just Decide on One? 2021/03/28 - Diminutives in Portugal (or Portugalinha?), as a Foreigner 2021/03/23 - You Can Mute All PS5 Audio with the DualSense’s Microphone Button 2021/03/22 - A Casino’s Database Was Hacked Through A Smart Fish Tank Thermometer 2021/02/15 - Calendar Alarms Shortcut: Don’t Forget Your Calls Anymore 2021/01/05 - Did I get Zoom fatigue in 2020? Here are some numbers from my Google Calendar 2020/07/09 - Quick Wins: Keeping You Moving Forward 2020/07/06 - Effective or Efficient, Which One Are You? 2020/06/22 - The REAL Reasons Why VCs Won’t Invest in Your Startup 2020/06/21 - Weekend Reading: The Making of Prince of Persia – The Journals 2020/06/19 - Finally! 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And The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Switch 2019/12/11 - Best Books of 2019 2019/12/10 - PlayStation’s State of Play games I want to play 2019/12/10 - Avicii Tribute Concert 2019/11/11 - I (used to) write at The CEO Library 2019/11/11 - Carturesti Carusel in Bucharest: Great libraries and book stores of the world 2019/11/06 - Most underrated skill you never ask about 2019/10/29 - Business Basic Advice and Personal Basic Advice: Mega List 2019/10/16 - Looking to buy websites! 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Here’s why 2019/09/06 - Smooth and silky office chair ride 2019/09/02 - I unlocked the Portuguese internet 2019/08/27 - Peacocks and sunsets in Portugal 2019/08/22 - “This is such an interesting case!”, the doctor says 2019/08/20 - Weird things I own: the huge tea mug 2019/08/18 - The easiness of city life 2019/08/16 - Weirdly interesting YouTube videos 2019/08/12 - Incremental improvements in SEO 2019/08/09 - iPad OS: The best Safari on mobile 2019/08/08 - Battlestar Galactica: a lot of years later 2019/08/06 - Raspberry Pi 4: First thoughts 2019/08/03 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy 2019/06/13 - Some books I’ve read 2019/04/16 - Read at least 5 hours per week to keep learning 2019/04/16 - Apple spends 500+ millions on games for Arcade 2019/04/15 - Portugal’s “secret”: Pastel de Nata 2019/04/12 - The Last “Live Audience” Show 2019/03/30 - Big List of Podcasts for Online Business 2019/03/30 - Podcasts on YouTube? 2019/03/18 - Make your Startup’s Investor Pitch Deck Better with These Resources 2019/01/23 - If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch won’t turn on or is frozen 2018/09/19 - Favicons in Safari 12 Tabs 2018/09/04 - No Virtual Machine apps in Spotlight search on MacOS 2018/07/25 - Indie Hackers grew to $5,000/month and was acquired in 10 months 2018/07/17 - Reward Behaviour, Not Milestones 2018/07/13 - Best Productivity Hack: Enough Sleep 2018/06/17 - The Price of Success 2018/06/10 - The Defiant Ones 2018/05/02 - Using an iPad Pro as a laptop replacement 2018/03/18 - Shitfaced meaning 2018/03/17 - Tea and Milk 2018/03/16 - Why you will fail to have a great career 2018/03/11 - Early Stage Investing is about Trust 2018/01/01 - Books I Read in 2017 – The CEO Library Podcast 2017/12/21 - Add Favicons to Safari on MacOS 2017/12/08 - The CEO Library Story – Months #2 & #3 2017/10/06 - The CEO Library Story – Month #1 2017/09/18 - I launched The CEO Library – book recommendations from the people we look up to 2017/09/11 - Monday Entrepreneurship and Business Links #1 2017/07/28 - There are bad days, too 2017/07/25 - How to Handle the Investor Rejections 2017/07/10 - Difficult Investor Questions for the Early Startup Founders 2017/07/04 - Personal Health and Fitness as a Business 2017/07/01 - Be There and Execute the Plan Every Day 2017/06/25 - The eerie silence of Facebook: Unfollow all 2017/06/22 - I’ve finished the free Practical JavaScript course 2017/06/09 - Subscription Boxes – A great business model :: Newsletter Spotlight 2017/06/02 - Effective or Efficient, Which One Are You? 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2013/12/18 - [Job] iOS Developer at MavenHut 2013/12/13 - Fallout 1,2 and Tactics for Free on GOG.com 2013/12/01 - [Tools I Use] Use Evernote WebClipper with Chrome/Safari on iOS 2013/11/26 - 2013 Young Entrepreneur from Wall-Street.ro 2013/11/19 - Don’t Stop Growing 2013/11/18 - Speaking at How To Web 2013/11/17 - DRM-Free Fall Insomnia Sale on GOG.com 2013/11/16 - [Sunday Video] In-App Marketing: 6 Tips For Maximizing Player LTV 2013/11/15 - Gamers and relationships 2013/11/14 - [Founder profile] Radu Georgescu 2013/11/13 - The Romanian Week in Startups 2013/11/12 - Going Offline When Doing Business Online 2013/11/11 - [To Read] Case Study on Going to $100K/month in SaaS 2013/11/10 - [Sunday Game] GOG.com – Home of Great Classic Games 2013/11/09 - [Saturday Video] Ron Conway at Startup School, Y Combinator 2013/11/08 - Time Zones 2013/11/07 - Be the Good Kind of Agressive 2013/11/06 - Use Your Network to Get Investment 2013/11/05 - [Slides] 10 Secrets I Wish I Knew While Raising Money 2013/11/04 - Getting an Investment Takes More Time Than Expected 2013/11/03 - [Sunday Game] Masters of Doom (book) 2013/11/02 - [Saturday Video] Malcom Gladwell’s David and Goliath: How to Use Small Size in Business and Life 2013/10/30 - The Unseen Side of Success 2013/10/29 - Most Popular Articles on Facebook 2013/10/28 - How To Web Startup Spotlight Participants Announced 2013/10/27 - Sunday Game: Grand Slam Tennis 2 2013/10/26 - Saturday Video: Talk About Entrepreneurship at TechHub 2013/10/25 - Get More Done: Time Boxed Meetings 2013/10/24 - Number of Employees as Metric of Success 2013/10/23 - Tools I Use: iPad Mini 2013/10/21 - Facebook Page for Startup Founders 2013/10/20 - Sunday Game: Strike Wing 2013/10/19 - Saturday Video: Great Startup Pitches 2013/10/18 - Willpower and Decisions 2013/10/17 - 2 Tips to Get You Into Accelerator Admission and Startup Competitions 2013/10/16 - Financing for an Idea: Get Your First Prototype 2013/10/15 - LinkedIn Pitch Deck, Explained by Reid Hoffman 2013/10/15 - Indie Gaming Reading List 2013/10/14 - You Had the Greatest Idea Ever, Now What? 2013/10/13 - Sunday Game: Gemini Rue (iPad/iPhone) 2013/10/12 - Saturday Video: TED Videos I’ve Seen Recently 2013/10/11 - Luck and Work in Game Development 2013/10/10 - Could We Study Gaming in School, in Romania? 2013/10/09 - Another 30 Days Challenge Down 2013/10/08 - Indie Games: Questions? 2013/10/07 - Two Things: An Exit and a Short Interview 2013/10/06 - Sunday Video: AirBnB – Then and Now 2013/10/05 - Saturday Game: Gravitarium for iOS 2013/10/04 - Blindspots and Co-founders 2013/10/03 - Notes from Mobile User Acquisition Meetup 2013/10/02 - 4 Tips for Bad Weather Productivity 2013/10/01 - Tools I use: StayFocusd Chrome Extension, Productivity Enhancer 2013/09/30 - Huge List with Tools for Entrepreneurs 2013/09/29 - Sunday Videos: The Story of Fab, 9 Months of Super Growth 2013/09/28 - Memories from Childhood: Broken Sword Remastered (iOS and Android) 2013/09/27 - Raising Money and Buying a Business: Two Unrelated Articles to Read 2013/09/26 - Create an Amazing Team Meetup at TechHub Bucharest 2013/09/25 - 3 VC Blogs I Read and You Should Too 2013/09/24 - Best Tip I Have For Mindmaps 2013/09/23 - Gaming Industry: Some Numbers (and GTA5’s $1 Billion) 2013/09/22 - Sunday Video: Oatmeal’s Matt Inman at SXSW 2013 2013/09/21 - Saturday Game: A Dark Room 2013/09/20 - Startup Weekend Timisoara and a Grumpy Old Man 2013/09/19 - Romanian Game Developers Association Launch 2013/09/18 - Tools I Use: Evernote, the Braindump App 2013/09/17 - First Day of School and Entrepreneurship 2013/09/16 - My 30 Days Challenges 2013/09/15 - Sunday Video: Phil Libin, Evernote 2013/09/14 - Saturday Game: Last of Us 2013/09/12 - Good Design, Invisible Design 2013/09/11 - Business, Poker and +EV Choices 2013/09/10 - One Month of Writing 2013/09/09 - Founder Profile: Mihai Micle, Freshome 2013/09/08 - Sunday Video: Real Gamers About Candy Crush Saga 2013/09/07 - Saturday Game: Braid 2013/09/06 - Creating Killer Games – TechHub Event 2013/09/05 - Questions about Gaming 2013/09/04 - Work Hard, Play Hard, Get a Massage 2013/09/03 - Bucharest Gaming Meetup at TechHub 2013/09/02 - Basic Advice is the Best Advice 2013/09/01 - Sunday Video: Brad Feld Talking to Mark Suster 2013/08/31 - Saturday Game: Jelly Splash on iOS 2013/08/30 - Jobs The Movie 2013/08/29 - Startups Don’t Work with Other Startups 2013/08/28 - Learn English! 2013/08/26 - Know Your Numbers 2013/08/25 - Sunday Video: Elon Musk at PandoDaily Fireside Chat 2013/08/24 - Saturday Game: iPad and Football Equals SCORE! 2013/08/23 - Interesting Business TV Series 2013/08/22 - The Power of Your Network (Or Get a Little Help From Your Friends) 2013/08/21 - Get a Good Night Sleep 2013/08/20 - It’s About What You Believe 2013/08/19 - Just Enjoy Good News 2013/08/18 - Sunday Video: Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School [2 videos] 2013/08/17 - A Personal History of Games 2013/08/16 - Be Investable 2013/08/15 - You Don’t Pitch Just to Investors 2013/08/13 - Tools I use: IFTTT (If This Then That) 2013/08/12 - Ten Minutes Before Work, Every Day 2013/08/11 - Sunday Video: Fred Wilson, Pandodaily Fireside Chat 2013/08/10 - My “Me” Moments 2013/08/09 - Always be Pitching, right? 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