December 2011
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November 2011
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Don't Be That Guy
At a tech social event who’s only mission is to disperse the 200 newly inked biz cards that were just printed for your newco. I understand the urgency to spread your idea but you won’t make allies by approaching each new person in the room like you are a dealer at a hold-em table. It’s uncomfortable and you immediately become “that guy” of the night that makes people...
Watchsequoiacapital:
“Starting a company requires you to become oddly unemotional. That means dumping fear of failure, dumping fear of judgement, dumping the desire to impress anyone.” Max Levchin, Paypal Co-founder (Sequoia Capital got into business with Max in ‘99 at PayPal)
October 2011
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BRYCE DOT VC: You're Doing It All Wrong →
brycedotvc:
Close your eyes.
Imagine, if you will, a startup that meets the following criteria:
Their recruiting process is fundamentally flawed
Their operations are a mess
They make engineers pretty much do everything, which leaves almost no time for coding
They don’t (care) about charity or…
Jay Parkinson + MD + MPH = a doctor in NYC:... →
jayparkinsonmd:
So for the past month I’ve been laying all the groundwork for my next company. It’s called Sherpaa. The branding and the site are coming together nicely and the legal side of things is too. Here’s what Sherpaa will do:
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a friend of a friend who was…
September 2011
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The Spartan Warrior: The Spartan Warrior's: Basic... →
thespartanwarrior:
Lately I have received quite a few e-mails and messages asking for a generic workout routine to focus on strength training. What I’ve done is thrown together a basic template for a strength training program that is focused on your three major lifts being the deadlift, bench press and squat. On…
August 2011
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Bootstrap from Twitter →
Been spending some time with Bootstrap. The guys at Twitter packaged together a nice toolkit containing CSS and HTML for type, forms, buttons, tables, grids, nav, etc to help get your web app or site off the ground quicker.
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Reminders in User-Generated Health
They’re getting called so many different things now but I wanted to share my thoughts on personal notifications, reminders, nudges as it relates to peoples daily activities and in particular something Chris Hogg refers to as User-Generated Health. Today our lives are filled with notifications and reminders from every angle but I think there is so much more room for improving how and when...
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Louisville Quantified Self
The first meetup of Louisville Quantified Self was a success. Chris Hall has a great summary of how it went.
“It’s not possible for the world to hold a meeting to decide your value....”
– Liz Strauss
Mike Hudack: The Importance of Small, Go-Nowhere... →
allang:
I’ve built more things for the web than I can remember (luckily, no one else can either). If your goal is to one day launch something of your own, small go-nowhere projects are the best way to cut your teeth. A few notes on the lessons you’ll learn.
1. Learning to launch/quit/fire
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July 2011
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Know What You Want
On one side there are ideas/plans and on the other side there is the “connected group” or individual. If you are on the ideas side, this post is for you and might gain you some cred down the road. I meet a fair amount of people with ideas; some of them are actively working on them, some of them are trying to pivot a service company into a product (ala 37signals), some of them...
June 2011
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Mirror
If you aren’t really excited about what you see or what you do then you should start changing today.
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New Stuff
If you aren’t going to be bold why bother.
If you don’t think you can change the world reconsider.
If you aren’t having fun look elsewhere.
If you get tired dig deeper.
If it fails start over.
Go.
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“To do disruptive innovation, you have to be willing to be misunderstood for a...”
– Jeff Bezos
May 2011
3 posts
UX Post: 12 Resources for UI Patterns →
uxpost:
When designing features & functionality for elements like forms, carousels/slideshows, navigation, etc…, the first step I take is to research best practices and look at existing UI patterns to draw inspiration. If it works, why reinvent the wheel? But it’s always nice to throw in additional…
March 2011
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Who Are These Angels and VCs
Even though I’ve never tried to raise money, I’ve been asked the question few times because of the conversations I’ve been having about HealthKlerk. Those questions have made me think about the pros and cons associated with taking someone else’s hard earned money and giving them equity in return. It’s made me think about who investors really are. I think it’s...
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U.S. Businesses Spend More on Wellness Programs,... →
“The fastest-growing components of wellness programs are technology-driven tools. In three years, employers around the world expect a six-fold increase in their use of mobile technology - such as smartphones - to support employee wellness initiatives.”
This is why the team at HealthKlerk is excited.
February 2011
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Competition with Start-Ups Helps Validate Market
When you raise your head up out of your prototype and start-up sketches and realize that someone else is grinding on something similar to what you are, that’s a good thing. Most people think it’s a bad thing, but it’s not. What it really means is that someone else has the same problem that you have and they are trying to fix it. What’s even better is that if they have a few...
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“I’d rather be on a team that has no bad people than a team of stars”
– Mark Pincus - New York Times Interview on being a CEO of something
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Path is Marketing Genius But I Don't Get The Hype
Their momentum is impressive, product looks slick, team and investors are among the best in the world, but I think their biggest attribute at this point is their marketing power. Not a bad thing. The product is photo and video sharing with your close friends and family, yes it’s delivered beautifully, but it’s photo and video sharing which isn’t anything new (Tumblr, Flickr,...
January 2011
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Life Changes
I made a promise to myself not to publicly write anything about changes I’m starting in 2011 until I got through January because most people don’t make it through 4 weeks with their new goals. I’m not most people, so here we are. I’ve kept mine, they are few and simple, and I’m sharing them with you so that when I hit them I can say “look, I nailed that goal...
“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another...”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne (via davemorin)
Leftover Takeout: Ten Crack Commandments:... →
gbattle:
After speaking with @aweissman and @EghosaO about the tao of Christopher Wallace a while ago, I decided to put together a little end of the year post regarding how to run your digital social startup business like Biggie Smalls and become notoriously big:
Never let no one know…
“Find a problem that personally pisses you off and solve it, and you’ll be a good...”
– Martin Tobias (via innonate)
December 2010
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