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Get to the root This world is way too complex. Every day we have to work hard to do the seemingly simplest things and we’ve come to accept it as normal. It’s normal to…- Find the wedge Creating something out of nothing is incredibly difficult. Think about what that means. An idea occurs, usually as a cumulative result of years of subconscious data gathering and observation. Then…
- Be unique or be gone We’ve all heard the story of Billy Bean by now. The GM of the Oakland A’s who was immortalized in the Michael Lewis book Moneyball and had Brad Pitt play…
- How to get a startup into orbit The best advice I've ever read about starting a company is to not over-engineer the offering. I think of startups as rockets trying to get into orbit. The challenge is…
- Who you shouldn’t hire first As a founder of an early stage startup you just feel lucky when someone says they want to work with you on your idea. In those early days you really…
- Convenient for who? If it's easy for you it will be hard for your customer. Sometimes founders get in their own way. We build something that someone wants to use and then we…
- Your mission Business is self-serving and this is the problem. Its (the business entity) goal is to provide a return for investors or shareholders. In fact, as a leader in a venture-backed…
- Identity Title or outcome. For a long time in my career I was governed by my identity as a role. I am a founder. I am the CEO. This is an…
- From anarchy to…less anarchy? "Just f@cking do it." No phrase better summarizes the early days of a startup. If something needs to be done, there are likely very few people (if any) to delegate…
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- Privacy vs Utility “Can I get your postal code?” We’ve all had this question as we check out of our grocery store or local Ikea. Companies looking for our data to help them…
- Office…schmoffice… Corporate America is about to be tested. There is a revolution that is underway that will challenge even the most financially secure companies in a way that has never before…
- A guy like me When I was younger, in my early 20's or thereabouts, and starting my first technology business, I was seeking advice and building my network. After each meeting with someone I…
- The four horsemen coming from the apocalypse https://youtu.be/l4UFQWKjy_I?t=12 Do you remember that scene from Austin Powers? That scene has been playing out in my head as we slowly emerge from the clutches of the pandemic and head…
- From hustler to operator Hustling Is a young mind’s game. That doesn’t mean that it is only for the young, it means that to do it all the time is to waste energy that…
- You need multiple streams If you can sing you are a threat. If you can sing and dance you are a double threat. If you can sing, dance and act you are a triple…
- The REAL Innovators Dilemma Do something different. Challenge the status quo. Don't build something that already exists. Stop building features, build products that move people. Be innovative. Be first. Be unique. This is the…
- Never confuse movement and action After most dinners, my kids ask for the natural nightcap to a great meal — dessert. We go through a back and forth that usually sounds like this: Me: “How…
- Why hardware is so hard It takes a certain kind of crazy to get into building a company around hardware. To invent something from scratch that people find valuable is hard enough at the best…
- Fight for your people Imagine having a baseball team with two future Hall of Fame players on it during the same season. Then picture that team stacked with perennial all-stars and a 74-40 record…
