Plus Minus People
“Plus Minus People” make a strong initial impression but once you start working with them (or you hire them) you realize that they have a negative impact on the team.
Rules of Thumb
12 Books For the Busy CEO Tonight (Mon Dec-11-2006) @ SDForum
12 Books For the Busy CEO: spend an hour and leave with a summary of key marketing insights and some rules of thumb for successful innovation in Silicon Valley. You might even identify one or two books that you haven’t read that will be worth your time over the Christmas holidays. I will cover twelve
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Going Pro
Going pro means learning how to deliver the results required. Some key points to remember as you ask folks in larger firms to take a risk with your new offering or service. They are from a March 1993 column entitled “Going Pro” by Asa Baber.
3×5 Cards
Always carry 3×5 cards with you wherever you go. I keep a handful in my shirt pocket and jot down those sudden inspirations or solutions to small problems that I would otherwise quickly forget.
E-Mail Overload
Email overload has become an overused term. But I find myself with an inbox hovering near 6,000 messages (5932 at the moment) and so I have to make some serious changes.
Nesheim vs. Cowan on Bootstrap Economics
This post contrasts two views of bootstrap economics. John Nesheim is unabashedly anti-bootstrapping, David Cowan is more positive.
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Bruce Mau’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
Bruce Mau wrote 43 statements in 1998 to articulate his beliefs, motivations, and strategies in what he called “An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth.” His focus is on “growth” in the sense of increasing both craftsmanship and artisanship. I have selected eight that I think are the most applicable to folks in software startups. I kept the
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Continuing Education In Entrepreneurship
Startups offer a continuing education in entrepreneurship but effective entrepreneurs learn from other’s experience in addition to their own.
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I Always Google Too Late
I always Google too late, I can reasonably anticipate the need to research events, speakers, companies that I am likely to interact with, but only do so after the first meeting.
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