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		<title>MJ Lecture: Buying Money</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after the economy tanked, when people lost the spring in their step and life&#8217;s soundtrack became an endless loop of O Fortuna&#8230; MJ gave a lecture. &#8220;Your landlord doesn&#8217;t want your stock, Safeway doesn&#8217;t want your stock. They like cash.&#8221; -MJ 06:26 VCs invest in you, not your business. 09:38 Customer Development Model vs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shortly after the economy tanked, when people lost the spring in their step and life&#8217;s soundtrack became an endless loop of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEllLECo4OM#t=1m20s">O Fortuna</a>&#8230; MJ gave a lecture.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Your landlord doesn&#8217;t want your stock, Safeway doesn&#8217;t want your stock. They like cash.&#8221; -MJ</p></blockquote>
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<td><em>Right now</em> is an OK time to launch a tech business.</td>
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<td>Irrationally in investment decisions: Provide decision making tools.</td>
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<td>Some people get murdered on the way to work.</td>
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<td>Seduced: Rationalization of investment decisions.</td>
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