July 2012
44 posts
1 tag
1 tag
Strategy Matters More Than Ever →
Seth Godin:
When everyone is playing the same game, your execution is critical. Your store is like their store, your bread is like their bread, so we care very much about the care and skill you put into your product or service.
Of course, that still matters, but the revolution of the web means that the way you go to market, the structure of your offering, the model of your business—these...
3 tags
“Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve.”
– Robert Lewin
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
2 tags
“I don’t think people talk about mental illness a lot, but they need to know it’s...”
– Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos opens up about his own mental health struggles in our feature “Rite of Passion”, by Larry Fitzmaurice.
1 tag
Aaaaaand… If I never hear the word Z****e again I’ll die a happy man.
2 tags
1 tag
It's Easier To Love A Brand When The Brand Loves... →
Seth Godin:
Worth thinking about that the next time you’re annoyed at a customer.
Or when you’re dreaming up a policy designed to punish a few outlier customers while it actually annoys all of them.
Tell me again why the gift certificates you sell have an expiration date?
3 tags
“Your job as manager is to be a clock, your job as leader is to be a compass, and...”
– Aaron Levie
2 tags
1 tag
“Your company’s culture is not what it is because of what you say, but...”
– From the brilliant mind of Aaron Levie, this quote is right up there with
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” - said the company just about to be disrupted.
via Bijan Sabet
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
“When we work hard on something we believe in, it’s called passion. When we...”
– Simon Sinek
WatchWorldwide Festival… Where I should have been this week!
Chet Faker “I’m Into You”
2 tags
2 tags
The Busy Trap →
If you live in America (anywhere in the developed world) in the 21st century you’ve probably had to listen to a lot of people tell you how busy they are. It’s become the default response when you ask anyone how they’re doing: “Busy!” “So busy.” “Crazy busy.” It is, pretty obviously, a boast disguised as a complaint. And the stock response is a kind of congratulation: “That’s a good problem to...
1 tag
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
Late Bloomer, Not A Loser →
I’m no Dave McClure, but this post resonates with me, as it did for thousands of others:
“most of the time I think of myself as a failure.
when I’m optimistic, I think maybe I’m just a late bloomer.
I know a lot of folks won’t understand this perspective, but when I was growing up I was always the smartest kid around. it was expected that I would do great things, by my mom, by my...
1 tag
Global Economic Delusions
It’s been a while since I’ve pontificated (read “ranted”) about the global economic malaise…
On the back of the LIBOR scandal, Alan Kohler wrote a sensible piece on the world of interest rate manipulation this week. The bottom line:
As for the other interest rate manipulation, the one that central banks solemnly do once a month, nobody is questioning whether that...
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
How Corporate Execs Can Think Like Entrepreneurs →
Truth!
If large companies are serious about innovation, they need to pick the right staff to lead the process and then put a fire under them, Pollenizer co-founder Phil Morle says, on the eve of the technology incubator holding its first course for entrepreneurs within companies.
To create new products or profitable business units, employees need to work in environments where there are limits...
1 tag
The Declaration Of Internet Freedom →
We believe that a free and open Internet can bring about a better world. To keep the Internet free and open, we call on communities, industries and countries to recognize these principles. We believe that they will help to bring about more creativity, more innovation and more open societies.
We are joining an international movement to defend our freedoms because we believe that they are worth...
Live Well, Create Well →
From Discovr’s On Tour blog:
Live well, create well.
We’re advocates for the creative benefits of living a good life.
Exercise, fresh air, good food and simple living are fundamental to our idea of a good life.
In theory, by living better, we think better. We create better.
2 tags
Have You Fallen Into The Busy Trap? →
Well said, Brad Feld. Having returned from a productiveness weekend of nothingness sans connectivity, I wholeheartedly endorse everything in this post.
People need to stop worrying about how “busy” they are, and focus more on what they’re actually doing.
