“I should say, the one thing you run into is, if you're trying to raise a round you have to decide, well, how much money are you trying to raise? And then you have to justify that to your investors, because they want to know why you [are] raising that much? Why aren't you raising either twice as much or half as much?” IfsKnowsWantShouldTryingWellsRunningHalfOne ThingRaisesRoundsJustifyInvestors Author:David Plotz
“A political action committee trying to raise money for a 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign is selling “Ready for Hillary” champagne glasses and Christmas ornaments. Because if one thing improves the holidays, it's drinking mixed with politics.” IfsTryingActionPoliticalOne ThingReadyRaisesDrinkingClintonGlassesCampaignsSellingHolidayCommitteesChampagneOrnamentsPolitical Action Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I really do think inspiration comes from day-to-day life. I think there's things that pique our interest - not necessarily aha! moments - but things that just kinda make you raise your eyebrows. And those are often the moments that are the seeds of inspiration. Sometimes they're in a great conversation with friends, sometimes they're things you see live, something you read, a movie trailer you watch... I think inspiration is kind of laid out there. One thing we have to practice is recognizing when it happens, and recording that moment so we can come back to it.” ThinkingKindSometimesMomentsInspirationHappensInterestWatchesPracticeOne ThingConversationRaisesSeedsThat MomentDay To DayRecognizingEyebrowsTrailersDay LifeDay To Day LifePiqueAha Moment Author:Phil Kay
“For one thing, I think that there are questions which philosophers raise which, although science bears on them, are not typically the central focus of those who work in the sciences. At the same time, I don't have a view of philosophy which marks it out as different in kind from scientific work” ThinkingKindDifferentPhilosophyViewsFocusOne ThingBearsMarkRaisesPhilosopher Author:Hilary Kornblith