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My cofounder and I were at our wits’ end. The dot-com bubble had burst, and we had spent all our money. We tried desperately to raise more capital, and we could not. Eric Ries – The Lean Startup - Introduction

Very reminiscent of Ben Horowitz’s experience with Loudcloud. The crash happened on March 2000, the NASDAQ fell below 1,200, about 80% from pre-burst valuation.

At this point there were two kinds of companies: the ones who had a strong sales forecast for the next couple of quarters (Which was mostly those who had contracts with oversea businesses who didn’t lose much over the NASDAQ crash) and those who were still growing but didn’t have enough money to keep the lights on while waiting for the market to recover.

If you were confident (and crazy) enough in your idea you could try and go public, selling shares for below-value prices like Loudcloud which sold at $6 a share, raising $162.5 million, or just make-do with what you had left from previous investments rounds and hope to survive.

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Brilliant college kids sitting in a dorm are inventing the future. Heedless of boundaries, possessed of new technology and youthful enthusiasm, they build a new company from scratch. Eric Ries – The Lean Startup - Introduction
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Where have I heard this before…

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Mason Plumlee (Brooklyn Nets) NBA – 2015 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest Participants

I mean, the event is at Barclay’s Center. There’s no Nets player in any other competition, they had to fit one in somehow lol

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Zach LaVine (Minnesota Timberwolves) NBA – 2015 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest Participants

Go get ‘em Zach!

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I was at the game with Spinelli, Tyrant and SameOldShawn and we jumped out of our seats lol

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[Chorus: Kanye West & JAY-Z] JAY-Z & Kanye West – Who Gon Stop Me
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When the hook is repeated at the end of the song, the line “black strap, you know what that’s for” segues into “Murder” (part of “Murder to Excellence”), which discusses black-on-black crime, tying the two songs together.

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9. Who Gon Stop Me Cleanup Crew – Watch The Throne
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Let’s do this.

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13. Illest Motherfucker Alive Cleanup Crew – Watch The Throne
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Taking this up!

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I'm back, I'm never stoppin' on some Hova shit Goodbye Tomorrow – JAY Z
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I vowed to never stop winnin, ‘til the earth stop spinnin

The “I’m back” part is a reference to Jay’s retirement from the rap game in 2003 after the release of Black Album.

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H to the izzO V to the izzAy = Hova = JayHova which is Jay-z’s nickname in reference to Jehovah. I think it’s safe to conclude this is about Jay

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Are we sure “I’m back” isn’t referencing MJ’s return? Since he was mentioned several times earlier in the track.

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Every time I’m on this mic I'm Michelangelo painting portraits of hell Goodbye Tomorrow – JAY Z
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As Jay Z would say:

The Michelangelo of flow I paint pictures with poems

Goodbye Tomorrow’s lyrics are so descriptive that it’s like looking at a Michelangelo’s painting.

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In the meantime, the team gains perhaps its biggest fan. Legendary NBA big man and “uncle” Shaquille O’Neal converts from a Cowboys fan and declares that he bleeds blue now that Beckham is on the team. Beckham’s father played running back at LSU while O’Neal was there on the basketball team from 1989 until 1992, the year Odell Jr. was born. Odell Beckham Jr. Interactive timeline

If you can become a Giants fan after being a Cowboys fan, you never really were a Cowboys fan… This goes for every couple of teams in the NFC East basically. But I mean, loyalty was never Shaq’s strength.

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Skittles: Taste the Rainbow

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