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Senior Reporter, VC & Startups @BusinessInsider / 2020-2021 Knight-Bagehot Fellow / MBA from @Columbia_Biz / cell & Signal: 714-651-1367 / drafieyan@insider.com
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自力で億万長者になった31歳のベンチャーキャピタリスト、「限りある時間」自覚した1枚のスプレッドシート | Business Insider Japan

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By Darius Rafieyan
| Business Insider Japan Verified
ティングス・キャピタルの創業者、モーリス・ン氏（右から2番目）とその家族。2021年撮影。 Maurice Ng モーリス・ン（Maurice Ng）氏が29歳の時に会社を辞めてベンチャーキャピタリストになるきっかけとなったのは、シンプルな一枚のスプレッドシートだった。 2020年初頭、ン氏はシリコンバレーのソフトウェア会社で6桁の給料をもらうという、夢のような仕事を手に入れた。しかし、世界的なパンデミックによって彼の人生設計は台無しになってしまう。サンフランシスコの新しいアパートで暮らすどころか、脱出したはずの場所であるニューヨークの実家に戻り、眠れぬ夜を過ごすことになった。新型コロナウイルス感染症が引き起こした緊急事態が、彼のゴールデンステート（編注：かつてゴールドラッシュに沸いたカリフォルニア州の愛称）での計画を狂わせてしまった。 「人生が一時停止したように感じました」とン氏は当時を振り返る。 「サンフランシスコのテック企業で働き、新たな生活がスタートしたと思ったら、振り出しに戻ってしまったのです。再び両親と暮らすようになり、ストレスを感じていました」...
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Press Start: How Controllers Shaped Video Game Design—and Where Interfaces May Go Next | Figma Blog

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By Jenny Xie Verified, Darius Rafieyan
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Video games have come a long way since 1958, when American physicist William Higinbotham debuted Tennis for Two, a bare-bones tennis game played via aluminum controllers on an oscilloscope—a machine that displays electrical signals—at a public exhibition. Even as games moved into arcades and personal gaming systems, they remained relatively simple. From Pong (1972), to PAC-MAN (1980), to Super Mario Bros (1983), early games didn’t have much of a user interface.
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The 32 most important VCs in Los Angeles, according to other VCs

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By Samantha Stokes, Ben Bergman Verified, Stephanie Palazzolo Verified, Darius Rafieyan
| Business Insider Verified
Thousands of young investors and founders from around the world will descend on Los Angeles this week for LA Tech Week for a packed schedule of mansion parties, pitch competitions, and panels. The area is now home to some of the most valuable and important tech companies on the planet, such as Snap and SpaceX, and it serves as a base for Netflix, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta, which have all greatly expanded their SoCal presence in recent years.
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