There’s an article in this week’s New Yorker (link) that i found on Caterina.net about the painter Luc Tuymans, who describes how he creates his work: “It’s like I don’t know what I’m doing but I know how to do it.” The article’s author, notes that “uncertain ends, confident means is about as good a [...]
There are a lot of times in the world where people tell me what to do. Things like, “I need the deck by tonight.” or “Can you meet me on Sunday to talk about the deal?” Sometimes i like doing it and sometimes i don’t. Here’s what i do know though: [...]
Was reading The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine the other day and it had some great quotes from Theodor Geisel, a prominent alum and extremely successful author under the name Dr. Seuss.
While at Dartmouth, Theodor was editor of Dartmouth’s comedy magazine called The Jacko. That is until he got caught drinking on Easter eve and got kicked [...]
When your chips are down and things are not going your way, you can take some comfort in the words of Teddy Roosevelt:
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to [...]
There’s a good article in the USA Today about John Grisham. It’s the 20th anniversary of Time To Kill, his first novel about a young 10-year old woman who got raped, her father who took revenge into his own hands, and the lawyer representing him. It was an autobiographical story for Grisham and a great [...]
This is a great 5 minute video from the British version of American Idol. It’s the story of a 47 year old Susan Boyle and her audition for the show. This is why the web beats mainstream TV. The fact that i can watch this little clip which is better than 90% of the scripted [...]
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I did an interview last night for USC business school where i was asked a lot of questions about Qloud and its beginnings. Questions like “What advice would you give to aspiring entrepreneurs? What have you learned?” Well here goes…
i often hear people talk about “doing something big.” While I admire their desire [...]
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This is a great post done by my boy Travis Kalanick who is one of the most kick-ass entreprenuers out there. He kept RedSwoosh alive from 2001-2008 before he sold to Akamai. There are quite a few tough years in there but he completely scrapped it out and rocked it. His [...]
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There’s a new book by Seth Godin called “Tribes” which talks about the startup culture and out-of-the-box thinkers. Two interesting parts of the book are the parts about followers and the parts about Leaders.
A good question exists talking about the difference between employees and followers. Employees show up each day and do their [...]
I read a great little post by Lizard about her morning. It is a great depiction of the pain of waking up and the joy of finishing. It takes a while to learn that there’s nothing as rewarding as getting up to run. It always delivers. Liz’s morning:
• Get up
• Whine
• Go back to bed
• [...]
