Paul Grous

@Bill_Gross What an amazing ride!

What was I thinking? 30 years ago this week I started a “1-year experiment” to build a startup factory based loosely on Thomas Edison’s laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It was early 1996 and the Internet was growing like crazy after the Netscape IPO, with a whopping 30 million global users (which seems hysterically tiny now). But I felt that this was a disruptive event that with the potential for many new businesses. I wanted to make a lab where I could take my favorite 12 ideas, try one a month for a year, and see if we could make a go of dreaming up, starting, and growing companies. After a year, 5 of those 12 had failed, 7 were able to get additional funding beyond the seed capital we provided, and eventually 5 of our earliest companies went public. We learned so many lessons living through the dot com boom and crash, the 2007 boom and 2008 crash, more recently the Cleantech boom and crash, and now the Ai boom. With a great deal of good timing, good luck and an amazing team of people I worked with over the years, we were able to start more than 150 companies in the last 30 years. I believe that entrepreneurship unlocks human potential and provides so much personal growth. I love helping other entrepreneurs be successful, and hope to give back as much as I can from the joys and challenges of the last 30 years of Idealab (here is a link to my top lessons learned: 25-lessons.idealab.com/introduction/). I am so grateful for the tens of thousands of people who came into our orbit to help make the dreams of each of our companies come true. Thank you so much, and Happy Birthday, Idealab! Sincerely, Bill

A workaround to get back into Diigo until they fix their DNS settings: Add these 3 lines to your hosts file - for Windows it's in this file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts You'll need admin access to update the hosts file. 54.148.192.94 secure.diigo.com 54.148.192.94 diigo.com 54.148.192.94 diigo.com Save the hosts file. Close and restart your browser so the hosts file is reloaded with the updated IP address. Now you can log in to diigo normally. To create a Diigo API Key - diigo.com/api_keys To export your bookmark library - diigo.com/tools/export Note: exporting seems broken at the moment.

@UAPresearcher @pgrous @diigo I managed to back up my bookmarks using an API key I got a while ago plus: curl -fsS --resolve secure.diigo.com:54.148.192.94 \ --user "$DIIGO_USERNAME:$PASSWORD" \ "secure.diigo.com/api/v2/bookmar…${start}&count=${count}&key=$DIIGO_API_KEY"

Is @diigo down?

A workaround to get back into Diigo until they fix their DNS settings: Add these 3 lines to your hosts file - for Windows it's in this file: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts You'll need admin access to update the hosts file. 54.148.192.94 secure.diigo.com 54.148.192.94 diigo.com 54.148.192.94 diigo.com Save the hosts file. Close and restart your browser so the hosts file is reloaded with the updated IP address. Now you can log in to diigo normally. To create a Diigo API Key - diigo.com/api_keys To export your bookmark library - diigo.com/tools/export Note: exporting seems broken at the moment.

With Bo Nix out, the Broncos could sign Tom Brady to try and win his 8th Super Bowl.

Happy New Year!

Everyone should be fortunate enough have a friend like Cleto. What a wonderfully moving tribute for his best friend. I don’t know how Jimmy got through it. Cherish your friends. We’re not here forever. youtu.be/0xlVAr6JZ9A

Love this Willie Nelson and Family version of an Eddie Vedder song. youtu.be/bNPWYKZ7qEc?si…

Look who’s podcasting

@RSAConference Check your link. We're sorry, but the URL you typed or the link you clicked has led to a page that’s not currently available.

The elderly guy who doesn’t use a computer says cybersecurity is not an issue. Ok. My elderly father once said to me “why would anyone go after me, I’m not famous”, then he was targeted and they stole his money. I had to clean it up. I guess as long as “he trusts Putin”, then we’re all good, right? Let’s save all that money protecting ourselves. Ok. Hello, where are the adults?

Why this matters: 1. While NSA doesn't have to stand down, many service members working *at* NSA work for their individual services, addressing their intel priorities. The national mission broadly benefits from this. 1/ therecord.media/hegseth-orders…

A few days ago we announced continued neutralization activity of pemivibart against XEC, along with the disclosure that the pemivibart epitope (binding site) on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein has been structurally stable since Omicron BA.1. We thought we would take an opportunity today to add some context if of interest.

This was sent to me by a friend in case it’s helpful to anybody re LA Fires docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…?

@WeldPond I invited Cliff to speak at Lotus and he was kind enough to do so. Had a great lunch with a bunch of us afterward. Really interesting stories he has!

Clifford Stoll has held the title of my favorite forensic accountant ever since he caught hackers with a 75-cent discrepancy. Marty Hench might give him a run for his money. Pre-order “Picks and Shovels” here!

Mummers String Band scorecard bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/wfmz.com/conte…

How to watch the 2025 Philadelphia Mummers Parade search.app/UiryMHmBK2svpL…

Happy New Year!

In a rapidly evolving business world, collaboration between CEOs and HR leaders is critical. Beth Grous, our CPO, joins top leaders at SHRM’s CEO Academy in New York City to discuss why a strategic partnership between CEOs and HR leaders is essential to company success. On the panel, “The Power Duo: Why Every CEO Needs a Strategic HR Leader at Their Side,” Beth will be joined by John Ferguson, CHRO of @NASCAR, and @mfraccaro, CPO of @Mastercard, with Bob Rothman from @GapIntl moderating. Together, they’ll explore the impact of CEO-HR collaboration on culture, performance, and executive alignment. Don’t miss the chance to see what’s shaping the future of executive leadership: shrm.org/ceo-academy

No team had ever come back from being down 3 games. Until the Red Sox did. The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox premieres October 23.

@WeldPond I was going to watch over the past weekend on Max. Trailer looks heavy on Hollywood graphics so hoping there’s good solid content too. Looking forward to watching it. I think debuts tomorrow, right? Len reportedly died of suicide, according to his wife. Have you met him?

Is anyone watching ‘Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery’ tonight on HBO? It purports to identify Len Sassaman as Satoshi. Len of course is the famous cypherpunk who created mixmaster and worked on TOR.