May 2012
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“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail. Scientists made a...”
– Polaroid inventor Edwin Land on embracing failure, among other insights on what it takes to innovate.
Also see Land on the 5,000 steps to success. (via explore-blog)
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“We will hit the point, likely soon, when the cost of starting a business is...”
– Is it a Tech Bubble?…NO…Just too many Wantrepreneurs - Howard Lindzon
fred-wilson:
i said the same thing up at HBS last month. i think we are there now. maybe we’ve been there for several years. but it takes time to wake up and smell the roses.
Too many wannabe VCs, too.
(via stoweboyd)
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“We are no longer designers or writers or technologists, we’re creators.”
– Barbara deWilde: Can you Teach Someone to Be an Entrepreneur?
Barbara’s entire post is gold. Go read it, especially the end. (via garychou)
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Patience & Persistence
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If I didnt have commitment issues these words would be tattooed on my left and right wrists respectively. (may have to get some temporary ones made ;) In an always on world we are trained to want our Oompa Loompas NOW
When we dont get what we want right away there is a reason for it. Try to understand the cause of misalignment.
Stick to your goal and work with an alternative approach....
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“But I am never going to optimize short-term revenue at the expense of user...”
– Dick Costolo, Twitter CEO
love @dickc’s clarity about what’s important (via bijan)
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Continuations: Tech Tuesday: Syntax →
continuations:
Last Tech Tuesday, I introduced programming languages by making a series of analogies to human languages. We will continue the programming cycle today by deepening that analogy with regard to syntax. Syntax is the set of rules that describe how you can put together the words of a language to…
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April 2012
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Five key skills that disruptive innovator’s... →
poptech:
Questioning allows innovators to challenge the status quo and consider new possibilities;
Observing helps innovators detect small details — in the activities of customers, suppliers and other companies — that suggest new ways of doing things;
Networking permits innovators to gain radically different perspectives from individuals with diverse backgrounds;
Experimenting prompts...
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Philipp - startups' little helper: How to pitch... →
pmoehring:
Venture Village asked me to share some insights on what to look out for when pitch investors. These points apply both for Seedcamp and other opportunities to present - from elevator pitches to partner meetings. Who are you pitching to and what are they interested in - know your audience
Very…
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Test Your Assumptions
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We make assumptions on a daily basis. It helps us navigate the world. In doing so we tend to live in the world that we created based on those assumptions.
It’s really important to recognize the decisions we make and what assumptions we are basing these decisions on.
It’s easier than ever to test these assumptions especially with access to services like Mechanical Turk & Google...
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“The Hobbit production shoots 6-12TB of camera data per day. And the shooting...”
– The Hobbit Will Fundamentally Change Your Movie-Going Experience | GeekDad | Wired.com (via infoneer-pulse)
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“Companies die from not being eaten by their competitors, but from self-inflicted...”
– Drew Houston, Dropbox (via sequoiacapital)
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“Human relationships are rich; they’re messy and demanding. We have learned the...”
– NY Times: The Flight From Conversation This stuff has been on my mind a lot. A whole lot. It saddens me. I’d like to change this somehow. I think I could have quoted this entire article it’s that good and spot on. (via kirklove)
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Kickstarter's $300M Year →
parislemon:
I remember Kickstarter first really coming on my radar two years ago when Diaspora, the would-be open Facebook alternative, shot past $50K in crowd-sourced funding.
They would eventually raise over $200K — the power of the Internet, and all that.
Oddly enough, looking back, it now reminds me a bit of The Hobbit. When Bilbo finds the Ring, you think: oh magic ring, kind of cool....
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Pebble watch
Check out Pebble watch an exciting product on Kickstarter http://www.getpebble.com/ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/597507018/pebble-e-paper-watch-for-iphone…
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“Some people say, “Give the customers what they want.” But that’s not my...”
– Highlighted by Eric Wahlforss in Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (via wahlforss)
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Developing a culture of ownership →
“they have instilled a Culture of Ownership throughout their organization by showing their people how and when ownership of a problem should take place and the costs associated with no one doing so.”
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Strong Opinions @marksbirch: Your Product Is Your... →
marksbirch:
On Monday, I was at New York Entrepreneur Week speaking on a panel about the Future of Tech. As it is a rather broad topic, the focus was specifically around marketing innovation in an age where the effectiveness of SEO has become significantly diminished. What tactics or channels might be…
the michael galpert experience: Make It Count Not... →
msg:
Earlier today someone saw me wearing the nike fuel band and mentioned that they heard the integrity of the numbers might be compromised.
I tried to explain how I couldnt care less about the accuracy of the numbers its more important to make sure that numbers are being counted in the first place.
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“More than $12 billion was generated by mobile gaming in 2011 with 34% of the top...”
– The rise of the billion dollar mobile gaming market (via courtenaybird)
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“In an effort to reduce the frenzy generated by the release of its latest shoes,...”
– Nike turns to Twitter for new shoe reservations, abandons midnight launches | The Verge (via jonathanmarcus)
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Melissa Miranda: Make Something People Love (+... →
melissamiranda:
Alexis Ohanian talks about design, community, and marketing in a great set of video over at General Assembly (that blissfully designy startup space in NYC). If you’re doing or even thinking of doing a startup, this is required watching.
Renowned entrepreneur and Reddit cofounder…
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“Look, I don’t think Google’s making us stupid. I don’t think Twitter’s the...”
– Jonah Lehrer, author of Imagine: How Creativity Works (via poptech)
How creativity works
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Bijan Sabet: The Innovator's Patent Agreement →
bijan:
Patents were designed to protect the innovator. The idea was if you built something special that you would have the ability to protect that right.
And in many ways the essence of the patent system was originally intended to help the little company vs the big company.
But those days are long…
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“These micro- and supermicro-size social networks aren’t competing directly with...”
– Why Path is no Instagram (via courtenaybird)
Micro and super micro social networks
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TNT Ad Becomes the Second Most-Shared of All Time
allaboutthewebplace:
An ad for the launch of the cable channel TNT promoting the “drama” of its programming had a pretty dramatic debut. TNT’s ad has be… http://dlvr.it/1Rlc45
“Many people say you can’t. They’re ignorant. But it was true that we didn’t know...”
– Steve Blank, on the secrets of start-ups. (via theatlantic)
We are the Future
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Only Substance remains
The silicon name game is about getting attention. Attention is not affection. Attention is just the beginning not the end. If you want affection you have to deliver and if you want that affection to last then you have to deliver excellence. Once you get attention then what? Its what you can deliver that counts. A tech center needs five kinds of resources to work, livability, infrastructure, an...
The Silicon Strip new ad campaign ( a work in...
“Thanks to technology’s mass appeal and accessibility, on a daily basis we...”
– Data wars: Unlocking the information goldmine (via myserendipities) 