Where i end and you begin - Radiohead live from the basement

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Cogito, Ergo Sum

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Once in a while a short story says a lot to me - here is one that I just discovered tucked away on my hard disk somewhere:

"An old Cherokee Indian was telling his grandson about a fight that was going on inside himself.  He said it was between two wolves.

Wolves

“One is evil,” he recounted.  “Anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.  The other is good: joy, peace, love hop, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith.”

The grandson thought about this for a minute, then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf wins?”

The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one I feed.”

Imagine: Its your choice 

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Love--can you define it--
the thing to your Heart
Coheres and knows it own
society when a Storm is near.
________________________

Love--another definition--
I seem to See to See
when I gave it You tonight
I gave it too to me.
________________

If I cannot have You
I will have no one
and have You in spirit
if body be profane.
______________________

When I think of my Beloved
I think of his Word
I think of his warmth in Song
I think of his Name.
________________

E.D. died for Truth
and I died for Love
the other saint for God
and you my Love, my love?

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We just announced another milestone for our startup with our Series B funding for $6M led by Venrock along with El Dorado Ventures (details on our corporate blog here) - needless to say but this is a very significant one for any startup, especially when it is one of the best firms (they were recently inducted into the Private Equity Hall of Fame) since it does many things:

1. Provides capital for resources to pursue your dream
2. Strong validation of your dream
3. Strong partner that helps you partner with others
4. More Knowledge and Experience from the collective repository of the firm
5. Specific Partner experience (in this funding, Rich Moran joined our Board - he is also the author of the best selling book Nuts, Bolts and Jolts) and one that is not 24/7 in your specific startup world and can help you look and focus on things objectively. Tom Peterson is the Partner on our Board from El Dorado Ventures.

More? Probably.... as I continue on the journey.  

Here is a very cool collage of the excellent coverage we received of our funding news:

ALL Series B funding Collage

Imagine: Its all about the start

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Wsj fp crisis day3 aig 9 18 08

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Bjork - It's In Our Hands (LIVE @ ROYAL OPERA HOUSE)

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The front pages below say more than a 1000 words about losing $4 Trillion Dollars market value

Wsj fp crisis 9 16 08

Wsj fp crisis day2 aig 9 17 08

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"Wings the color of green emerald ... covered with saffron hairs, each of them containing a million faces and mouths and as many tongues which in a million dialects implore the pardon of Allah."

a description of the angel
Michael from "Angels: An
Endangered Species"
by Malcom Godwin

I cannot bring you their faces
a million on the wing of an angel
I can only tell you that they are
there and are all at once speaking
then silent
something must be made of
their tears

there is a dog on the roof alone
looking over the city there are
four birds that have again found
each other there is the sound of
a woman praying as she comes in
from the yard her granddaughter
begs her to move quickly

these are people they
hold each other rock back
and forth

they have times every day when they can move

there is a man standing in a doorway
waiting for his son this day and the next
there are children sleeping
all together in one corner

there are times when no one moves

they look to the sky when they cry
this they have always done
lifting their hands and faces up

I cannot bring you their tongues, mouths, hair
I cannot bring you each of their voices now
one at a time just imagine (like with angels)
that you see them
that you know this is real.

--Alise Alousi

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Emily D.

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