Max Chafkin


Risk and the Entrepreneur

I'm pretty sure Michael Arrington had Read story

How CEOs Lie

Stanford researches tackled the problem of corporate doublespeak in a recent survey of conference calls. They looked for speech patterns of CEOs who subse...  Read story

An Automotive Rebirth

This is very cool :  Wi...  Read story

Zuckerberg on "The Social Network"

At Startup School , Jessica Livingston asked Mark Zuckerberg what the Social Network got wrong. It ...  Read story

Zynga Surpasses Electronic Arts

Wow :  Read story

Start-ups 2010: How to Launch a Co-working Facility

Tony Bacigalupo of New Work City, a co-working space in New York City, went from lonely freelancer to entrepreneur.  Read story

Elon Musk's Guide to the Galaxy

For the founder of SpaceX, Tesla Motors, and SolarCity, the journey is just beginning.  Read story

VCs Pick the Hottest Inc. 500 Companies

VC investors' take on 2010’s best Inc. 500 companies.  Read story

The Secret to TechCrunch's Success

Two words: Good writing. The company just sold itself to AOL for a Read story

The Key to the Facebook Movie

Paul Graham's classic essay on why nerds are not popular may help explain the improbable rise of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.  Read story

Facebook's Dirty Tricks

The more dirt we get on on Mark Zuckerberg—the Facebook founder and, now, bonafide Holl...  Read story

Twitter's Big Announcement

No, Twitter did not sell itself to Google, despite rumors  that were...  Read story

Entrepreneurs in Space

There's a lot of insanity in Forbes's new Read story

How Stuff Gets Made

Ashlee Vance has an update from the front lines of a "manufacturing revolution." He Read story

More Questions About Demand Media

Wired finally addresses the questions raised on this blog and, subsequently, in...  Read story

Obama's Big Speech

That speech today? Pretty much Read story

Obama's Tax Break

President Obama's big economic policy speech tomorrow should be interesting. The Journal is Read story

What the Apple Announcement Means

Steve Jobs just wrapped up another keynote –Chris ...  Read story

The Future of Music Videos

So maybe it's the end of summer, and I'm feeling nostalgic, but I found myself moved by this Read story

The Homemade Gadget

A year ago, I wrote about a little New Zealand company called Read story

Another Revolt at Digg

Grab yer pitchforks: There's a user Read story

Google Adds Phone Service

Now, I don't normally gush about such things, but the new Gmail-Google Voice integration, which allows you to make and receive calls directly from Gmail f...  Read story

Social Media Grows Up

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone on how the next wave of social networks will change your business.  Read story

Why the High-Tech Industry Loves Manor, Texas

The tiny town has become a laboratory and proving grounds for Web 2.0 technology.  Read story

How to Retire Rich

Tony Wright, the CEO of Rescue Time (very cool product, by the way), Read story

I Want My iTV

Here's some news that should be enough to make a fanboy's head explode: Kevin Rose Read story

Don't Fear the Apps

Wired is worried. The magazine has published two long essays that proclaim the ...  Read story

Is Outsourcing Dead?

Each day,  Inc.'s  reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:<...  Read story

Is "Don't Be Evil" Over?

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read story

Demand Media's Curious IPO

Let's say you're an investor in media companies. Would you rather own Demand Media, the red-hot media start-up that pays below-market wages and makes mone...  Read story

The Start-Up Life

Conventional wisdom says that working at a start-up wreaks havoc on one's personal life, but that's not always the case. Alexis Ohanian, the co-fo...  Read story

Robots in the Office?

CNN checks in with Trevor Blackwell, the founder of Anybots, a company that is attempting to help CEOs micromanage, even when they're nowhere near the off...  Read story

What's a Real Company?

At Y Combinator's AngelConf yesterday, Michael Arrington bemoaned the proliferation of, as he called t...  Read story

Is Intellectual Ventures Foundering?

I really enjoyed this  profile<...  Read story

Jailbreak this Phone

The U.S. Copyright Office says that jailbreaking one's iPhone--that is, hacking into the operating system to add software applications not authorized by A...  Read story

Facebook: The Movie

Looks painfully cheesy to me. But also kind of fun. Enjoy.   Read story

Calling the Carried Interest Bluff

The National Venture Capital Association just released a Read story

A World Without Start-Ups

Today, the New York Times ran a Read story

How to Choose an Investor

Sachin Agarwal, CEO of Posterous, ponders the softer side of the investment equation and proposes the Read story