January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
3 posts
“Schultz is back with Big Idea No. 2. It is every bit as idealistic as his first...”
– We Can All Become Job Creators - NYTimes.com
A CEO of a public company thinking innovatively and doing good things. More, please.
(via shripriya)
How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M.... →
“If you study the root causes of business disasters, over and over you’ll find this predisposition toward endeavors that offer immediate gratification. If you look at personal lives through that lens, you’ll see the same stunning and sobering pattern: people allocating fewer and fewer resources to the things they would have once said mattered most.”
September 2011
3 posts
An Illustrated Guide to the Science of Influence &... →
Reciprocation
Commitment and Consistency
Social Proof
Liking
Authority
Scarcity
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August 2011
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July 2011
1 post
“I always tell people if you try to connect the dots of your career, if you mess...”
– —Sheryl Sandberg in The New Yorker (via chiuandrea)
June 2011
3 posts
Why a Great Individual Is Better Than a Good Team
Consider the two fundamental laws of networks: both Metcalfe’s Law and Reed’s Law assume that as a network of people grows, the value of the network increases substantially. (In Metcalfe’s Law, the value of the network is proportional to the square of the number of people in the network, whereas Reed’s Law demonstrates that the value for any individual within a network...
“Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins....”
– Venture Capitalist Reid Hoffman - WSJ.com (via mollybierman)
May 2011
3 posts
WatchDonate a word to UNISEF. Absolutely brilliant.
WatchHardly Working: Startup Guys (via College Humor)
I have a feeling these guys would actually raise money today.
April 2011
2 posts
March 2011
5 posts
February 2011
4 posts
“Our inability to pinpoint a number doesn’t bother us: We would rather be...”
– Warren Buffet in his 2010 review letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc [pg 21] (via msg)
“You can be highly successful as an investor without having the slightest ability...”
– Warren Buffet in his 2010 review letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc [pg 22] (via msg)
Watchideasareawesome:
nooka augmented reality accessorizer
Genius.
“The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don’t have a product that is...”
– Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, in a company-wide memo. (via Daring Fireball)
Wow!
They did have that N95 which I was coveting around that time. The battery life was awful and I have no idea what they did after that.
(via tedr)
December 2010
2 posts
October 2010
1 post
Watchmsg:
The Google Labs Team collected 119 slides worth of inspirational ideas and projects found on the internets
Full Presentation
via digitalbuzz
August 2010
3 posts
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Social Media Marketing Lessons From Justin Bieber →
What else would my first company blog post be about?
July 2010
12 posts
“Michael Lewis’s The Big Short is considered the definitive history of the...”
– Ezra Klein, on one of the under-reported aspects of the financial meltdown. For a fantastic account of this whole ugly business, see Daniel Brook’s really nice “Usury Country” in Harpers. (via newsweek)
WatchWell this is just too awesome.
thedailywhat:
Kickass Kid of the Day: 13-year-old knuckleballer Chelsea Baker hasn’t lost a single sanctioned game in four straight seasons, and is widely believed to be the best Little Leaguer in the country.
This is her story.
[espn / mefi.]
BP photoshops fake photo of crisis command center,... →
There seems to be a major disconnect between generations of leadership.
Yesterday was deny, cover-up, down-play, spin… essentially “no comment”
Today’s leaders need to realize that we’re living in a world where “no comment” doesn’t exist and the only way to maintain trust is with open and honest communication. We all know BP didn’t want the...
“Give me a lever long enough, and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I will move...”
– Archimedes
“It is a fool’s prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.”
– Neil Gaiman (via notfacebook)
June 2010
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