6. Prepare your intent. A little preparation goes a long way toward saying what you wanted to say and having a conversation achieve its intended impact. Don’t prepare a speech; develop an understanding of what the focus of a conversation needs to be (in order for people to hear the message) and how you willContinue reading “On Communicating”
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Fixing our Unhealthy Obsession with Work Email
“Creative thinking requires a relaxed state, the ability to think through options at a slow pace and the openness to explore different alternatives without fear.” – Fixing our Unhealthy Obsession with Work Email
The single greatest danger
The single greatest danger for a founder is to become so certain of his own myth that he loses his mind. But an equally insidious danger for every business is to lose all sense of myth and mistake disenchantment for wisdom. -Peter Thiel, Zero to One
The Compass and the Clock
Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock and the compass. The clock represents our commitments, appointments, schedules, goals, activities — what we do with, and how we manage our time. The compass represents our vision, values, principles, mission, conscience, directionContinue reading “The Compass and the Clock”
The Signal and the Noise
As a new medium becomes popular its signal-to-noise ratio will fall to a level that renders the medium useless.
HTML-first
startupljackson: There’s a raging debate on the twitters about whether it makes sense to build for Android vs iOS first. The real answer is that it depends on the problem you’re solving and the user’s context. But most of the time, neither is correct. Most startups should be be building for the web. – HTML-firstContinue reading “HTML-first”
Or, Better Yet, Be Great Public Companies
…if you want your new tech corridor to play in the big leagues with Silicon Valley and its VCs, don’t stress about capital for entrepreneurs to create companies. Stress about capital that will buy provide exits for companies or that can get them to a liquidity creating IPO. Marc Cuban, blogmaverick
Change
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. Sir Winston Churchill as quoted by Michael Dobbs in House of Cards
The Launch is Dead
layervault: The next time you find yourself working for a company that’s laser-focused on a singular launch, it’s time to leave. The impending big launch communicates ineptitude, an inability to correctly assess the intricacies of a problem. Read More
SaaS, Software & Startups: Productivity hacks of a startup dad
I don’t think you have to be a parent to appreciate this. sahilparikh: sahilparikh-blog: “Live for today because yesterday is gone and tomorrow is unknown.” – Anonymous I have a two year old daughter and a startup. Over the last couple of years I have come to value a balanced life. Most startup stories wouldContinue reading “SaaS, Software & Startups: Productivity hacks of a startup dad”
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