Life Lessons
Wow. I went to see MILK tonight at the Castro Theatre on Castro Street in San Francisco tonight. What an incredibly well done and powerful movie. It tells the story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the United States.
It was incredible to be at ground zero for this story, in the [...]
I read an awesome book recently that made me rethink many things about location, work, and business. It was Tim Ferriss’ book which I highly recommend.
“ “The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich” (Timothy Ferris)
I recently had reason to head to Paris for [...]
Here are two interesting articles: one from Glenn Kelman, and a follow on from Guy Kawasaki on why serial entrepreneurs might not in fact be the best bet for funders. Interesting perspectives and I recognize some of Guy’s cautions from my own experience.
Worth reading both articles.
This post at VC Confidential contains some fantastic quotes. I have excerpted a few of my favourites.
“The trouble with the first time entrepreneur is that he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know. After a failure he does know what he doesn’t know and can beat the hell out of people who [...]
I’ll keep this short or I’ll get all sappy. I love hanging out with this group and pushing our bodies and suffering together. It’s the best thing I could possibly do with my time. Thanks guys (and girls).
I have to duplicate this entire post here. It’s brilliant. Thanks Seth for the post. I filed this under Business AND Life Lessons.
The best time to start is when you’ve got enough money in the bank to support all contingencies.
The best time to start is when the competition is far behind in technology, sophistication and [...]
Every time I read this I go off into fits of laughter. Having spent fifteen years now doing project management on one thing or another, I can relate to this very deeply. Sometimes Scott Adams really nails it.
I have the good fortune of speaking on March 21, 2007 at AJAXWorld and have chosen as my topic, “Maximize Your Revenue From Your Web 2.0 Venture”. The event “blurb” is here:
What do you do to maximize your revenue? The options are exploding, the ecosystem is becoming more complex and nobody seems to be [...]
Here is a little video I threw together about our epic snowshoe running day on Cypress Mountain yesterday. Remember to get out and enjoy winter while it’s here! Thanks Ean and Blue for a GREAT day. Hope to have many more of these before the snow leaves us again.
This film was made entirely with my [...]
Here are the day 3 notes for the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco:
[My notes and analysis in this square brackets.]
The Alumni Report - Web 2.0 Launches Revisited:
Michael Tanne / Wink: he gave a very long demo
Veoh Networks: YouTube except for high-resolution long videos. We have figured out how to store them in a distributed [...]
