Six From Encyclopedia Neurotica
Here are six quotes from Jon Winokur’s Encyclopedia Neurotica that I think founders will find thought provoking.
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Iterating Towards Bethlehem: Michael Sippey at SVPMA 8/2/2006
In “Iterating Towards Bethlehem” Michael Sippey addressed making the shift as a product manager. from packaged software to hosted services.
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June 2006 SDForum Interview
I was interviewed in June 2006 by Barbara Cass, Volunteer Director for the SDForum, the final text appeared in the July/August 2006 newsletter (see page 15 of the PDF version). I have updated it here to add links for many of the referenced works and the quotes. KV Rao and I did a one year
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You Need to Be a Little Crazy
Theresa heard a radio interview with Barry Moltz in 2003 and suggested that I get his book. In December 2003 I purchased a copy of You Need to Be a Little Crazy and when it arrived from Amazon I put it on my to-be-read pile where it languished until early this morning when I read
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Two Images of Startups
I had lunch today at El Cerrito with an old friend from college who has done a number of successful startups. We talked of old classmates, children, the energy we had in our twenties, his new son, and my new granddaughter. And we talked about what it was like to do a startup. He left
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Ten Quotes from “Guidelines to Creativity” by K. Bradford Brown
I got Guidelines to Creativity by K. Bradford Brown as a gift and was impressed by these ten quotes. Some are clever re-statements of more famous observations but all have a certain poetry. Creativity will take me as far as my imagined limits. The building blocks of our creativity are quarried from the space between
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Just For Today by Ben Stein
Just For Today I Will Feel Grateful For My Customers. I Worked Hard To Get Them. Without Them I Would Not Have A Business. I Will Be as Friendly as Can Be to Everyone That I Work With; I Will Treat Them as If They Are Responsible For Keeping Me in Business. If I Have
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Thoughts on Perseverance and Promises
A collection of quotes on perseverance, staying true to your character, and keeping your promises.
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Quotes for Thanksgiving
Here are a set of quotes for Thanksgiving to reflect on over the holidays.
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Quotes on Foresight (Understanding the Future)
As entrepreneurs we are concerned with anticipating the future as much as creating it. Here are sixteen quotes on foresight and understanding the future.
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Mr. Garrity and the Ciphers from High Cap Companies
Tom Perkins–the one with his name on the door over at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers–resigned from the board of Hewlett Packard on May 18, 2006. Initially the circumstances of his resignation were characterized as a personal decision by HP, but Mr. Perkins persevered until the true reason for his departure came to light. I
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Do Something Small, But Useful Now
Bob Bemer, among other things the inventor of ASCII, was guided by “Do Something Small, But Useful Now” during his professional career.
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