David Lee, a startup investor who writes about acqui-hires, fundraising, growth and lessons from founders and investors.
HN links it in discussions of acquihires, startup advice and Bezos's focus on cash flow, with one commenter calling the Ron Conway productivity advice bad.
Shockingly bad advice, eh?
http://daslee.me/productivity-by-ron-conway
"I finally settled on a system. I asked Ron [Conway] what he does. It’s pretty simple. In the morning, he sets three things to do for the day. If he does all three, then it’s a good day. If he doesn’t, then it’s a bad day."
This one is really stretching the definition of an acquihire. It may be that the $2-$5M is unvested stock for the team itself.
See points 3-6 here: http://daslee.me/quick-thoughts-on-acquihiressoft-landings
Profit is for suckers. They focus on free cash flow.
Edit: Link:
http://daslee.me/reading-jeff-bezos
David Lee had a good recent post on this: http://daslee.me/6-months