Charlie Jackson

Founder, Silicon Beach Software. Chairman, Shapley (AI, stealth). Co-founder, FutureWave Software-creators of Adobe Flash. First investor-Wired magazine.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

@sairahul1 So what I don’t understand is, why are you taking the time to write these articles, instead of building 10 of these that produce 10 K a month, and then sit back and collect all that money every month?

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

After we launched version 1 of our product, a VC who I knew personally passed on investing in us. Macromedia bought us, then Adobe bought Macromedia primarily to get our product (this is a fact). The product: Macromedia/Adobe Flash.
My point: VCs often can’t see the future very well. In their defense, who can?

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

We all know how lame the mainstream media is. There is a lot going on right now, and they only see one thing at a time.
This is a very good analysis of a bigger picture, tying various things together.
https://t.co/wodR1CxRr0

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

150 million users and they couldn't figure out how to be profitable. Who the hell was on that board of directors?
https://t.co/zaicg5I0EX

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

Lack of basic medical stuff is a fact. In the 90s, I attended an international shooting match in L.A. The Cubans were trading cigars for dollars so they could buy inhalers, Preparation H, etc. I heard about this and took the five athletes to a drug store and told them, buy anything and everything you want.
They did not buy a single frivolous thing. I was glad I could help them get some basics they really needed.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

When someone tries to tell you that AI is approaching human intelligence, please just laugh in their face.
And here's another example: the other day I asked an AI to summarize points number 1 and number 3. It did numbers 1 and 2.
https://t.co/Nvlsyp9Tts

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

Well, I can't tell you how shocked I am that Chinese companies are stealing. /sarcasm off/
And why do they always steal? Because, for some unknown reason, they can't innovate.
https://t.co/ynBy1hXbnP

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

@VigilantFox Believe what you want, but after learning of the Midwestern Doctor and reading a lot of that content, and especially about statins, my wife and I both stopped taking statins. My cholesterol number used to be considered ideal.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

@eurofounder I was in Germany once as a member of a U.S. team there for a competition. One of our athletes got struck by a car, cut badly but not life threatening. The Germans refused to treat him until our head of delegation went to the hospital with proof of insurance.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

@sachnk Whoa, that interview with Louis Rossetto, the founder of Wired magazine, is fire. He's one of the most intelligent guys I've ever met.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

This is actually worth knowing about. I remember reading that it was good to say please, and things like that, to ChatGPT. Now, not so much.
https://t.co/gj2ggeQRec

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

@StartupArchive_ Indeed, that change over time has been underreported.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

FYI. I had a biopsy for Prostate cancer. I think, but can't know for sure, that this is how it got out of the prostate. A tech at the hospital slyly hinted this was likely.
As for simply believing everything a Dr tells you, here's a cautionary story:
Prostate was removed. Cancer reappeared later . Radiation. Reappeared again later, low PSA. But here's the kicker: the Urologic Surgeon, still my doctor at that time, said: wait for PSA to get to 20, then start hormone suppression. And, refused to give me a referral to an oncologist. Refused.
But, nowadays, we can all research this stuff. I found out immediately that this was wrong. I got two outside 2nd opinions from well known oncologists (cost me $500 each to talk to them for an hour). Conclusion: I needed an oncologist immediately, and needed to being doing certain things before PSA got to 4. Then I was able to push my system and get an oncologist.
Started hormone suppression immediately and after PSMA Pet scan, which located 2 locations in bone, got immediate radiation. 3 years later, still at 0 PSA but average is 2 to 3 years. When suppression fails, and it reappears, no doubt the next thing they say will be: chemotherapy. I have already decided I will not do chemotherapy, but instead will try an alternative that is getting more and more visibility: Ivermectin and Fenbendazole. Reports are that this is working for 75% of people, but it has not been studied. Because, you know, there's no money using re-purposed, inexpensive drugs.
The point of all this: You must do your own research, find out everything you can, and make the best informed decision that you can. Simply relying on one Dr who tells you XYZ is not a formula for success.
Best of luck in your journey.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

@chrislevan24 i-DOM.
Hint: i is for intelligent DOM. If you don’t know what DOM is, just look it up.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

@Matt_Pinner Steal intellectual property.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

Yes, I should rely on that Urologic Surgeon of mine who said, when my prostate cancer re-appeared, wait until my PSA got over 20 to do anything, and refused to give me a referral to an oncologist.
Fortunately for me, I could do a lot of research on my own, which said do (some things) by the time it reached 4. And I could afford to pay for two second opinions outside my system who verified this. But if I had simply “relied on” my Dr’s medical advice, as you recommend, it could have been a disaster.
And you wonder why so many people are now aware of Joe Tippens and what he did? The medical advice he got: go home and die in 3 months (read his story).

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

@plsticklmyfancy @NewsNation @drpatrick I have to disagree. If you read his whole story, how long he’s been working on this, and what his objectives are, he’s doing it for the right reasons.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

Lose the impostor syndrome. Simply recognize that what you’ve done is real. It’s not fake, it’s not luck, it’s not happenstance; you saw an interesting opportunity, you worked hard, and now you’ve built something that’s really significant.
When I was getting started in consumer software in the 80s, there was no business template for it. In fact, we used to joke that we would never hire an MBA because they wouldn’t know what they’re doing. I mostly just had to use a lot of common sense. You know exactly what you’re doing, so keep on doing it.
From a past entrepreneur of the year award winner, to a future entrepreneur of the year award winner, my heartfelt congratulations.

[Charlie Jackson @wiredcoach]

Great story. I worked even more hours for 2 years. The big difference was that I was bootstrapping my own software company. That worked out well for me . . created what is sometimes called generational wealth.
And my second software company created a product people could use in a career. It has been incredibly gratifying when people thank me for giving them a career (not just a nice tool).
Anyway, thanks for sharing your story.

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

mostly the misery of social media comes from a sense not only that the world is broken, but that you have to fix it somehow (pointing out absurdities, arguing more forcefully, persuading). alas, you can't fix the world with a post. all you can really do is not be crazy.