Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in May 2022
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in May 2022, theme is genius.
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Memorial Day 2022: Revisiting the Long Telegram
On Memorial Day we commemorate those who have died in the service of our country in a a day of remembrance. This year I revisit George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” inspired by a recent talk by Konstantin Kisin.
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Mark Brinkerhoff: Starting With a Sketch Saves Money
A great short briefing by Mark Brinkerhoff, President of Fusion Design on how starting with a sketch saves money; he uses a simple HVAC design example but the technique is broadly applicable.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in April 2022
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in April 2022, theme is embracing the Stockdale Paradox, overcoming fear, responding when reality gets a vote and real life intrudes.
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Leslie Odom, Jr. on Failing Up
Leslie Odom, Jr.’s “Failing Up” is an autobiography written at what I hope is the midpoint of a long and successful career. He has a lot of practical advice gleaned from performing that I think is very applicable to entrepreneurs.
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Andrew Grove on Recognizing Reality
An excerpt from Andrew Grove’s “Only the Paranoid Survive” shows Grove and Gordon Moore recognizing reality and exiting a money losing business, the memory business that had brought Intel so much early success.
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Time Capsule: Freakonomics Book Review from 2005
I review Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner, suggest other books at the intersection of economics, systems analysis, and everyday life.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in March 2022
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in March 2022, theme this month is cultivating creativity and inventiveness.
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Andrey Oleksiuk on Managing an R&D Team in a War Zone
Andrey Oleksiuk, CTO at hOS, shares what he has been doing to keep his Ukrainian R&D team safe and productive during the Russian invasion.
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Listen to the Quiet Ones
While the more visible extroverts seem like a natural first choice to approach for feedback on your product, you can learn as much when you listen to the quiet ones.
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Drawing a Map of the Customer Organization
A conversation with Brendan McAdams about what’s involved in drawing a map of the customer organization as part of an enterprise sale.
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Startups: What’s Hot, What’s Not Feb-22-2022
Video, slides, and edited transcript from a talk by Sean Murphy at Lean Culture on “Startups: What’s Hot, What’s Not” on Feb-22-2022.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Collected in February 2022
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in February 2022, theme this month is detecting and managing anomalies and outliers.
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Adam Starrh: have the courage to listen, cultivate mindfulness
An interview with Adam Starrh on lessons learned building a distribution network to sell California almonds and pistachios in India.
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Seven Insights from “Solving for Pattern” by Wendell Berry
In “Solving for Pattern,” Wendell Berry writes about organic farming principles. Still, he offers a systems perspective applicable to startups and growing businesses that need to develop both staff and technology to thrive.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in January 2022
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in January 2022, theme this month is orchestration: documenting innovation related methods and processes to create consistent and predictable results.
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Michal Mazurek on Lessons Learned Bootstrapping Syften
A Q&A with Michal Mazurek, the founder of Syften, on lessons learned bootstrapping a monitoring and analytics startup.
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Michael Frayn: Two Heisenberg Speeches from Copenhagen
Two speeches by Werner Heisenberg from the play Copenhagen by Michael Frayn. The first is a clever description of the uncertainty principle and the second explores the horrors of war.
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Eliza Calvert Hall: Piecing a Quilt is Like Living a Life
An excerpt from “Aunt Jane of Kentucky” by Eliza Calvert Hall that explores piecing a quilt as a metaphor for making the most of your life.
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Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in December 2021
Quotes for Entrepreneurs Curated in December 2021, theme this month is going deep to find ground truth and a solid foundation to build on.
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