April 2009
15 posts
“Joy is the one emotion you can’t fake.”
“First rule of decision making: More time does not create better decisions. In...”
– Seth’s Blog: I need more time (via hiten)
Keeping it simple
I admire simplicity. We’ve all been in a conversation, presentation, or meeting that should have ended after the first sentence, but we’re stuck nodding as a very simple situation is given a healty dose of complexity.
Simplicty makes life easier on you, your customers, and saves baby pandas (slight embelishment).
Ex 1 - “In n Out”: There’s even simplicity in the...
“So maybe instead of getting your company on twitter, paying marketers to mention...”
– A Whole Lotta Nothing: This is how Social Media really works (via hiten)
The Founder Institute
I’ve been keeping an eye on the “The Funded - Founder Institute” taking place in Silicon Valley/SF since I saw the Tech Crunch post over a month ago. The application for the summer sesion went live today and I’m pretty excited about what they have to offer, and what I believe I have to offer to them - http://www.founderinstitute.com/information/about
There’s a great...
Doing things well
A lot of people do things well.
Doing hard things well is another story.
Tackle important problems.
Skype IPO →
This could be pretty interesting if it pans out. Regardless of whether Skype and Ebay under one roof ever made sense, Skype continues to prove that there is a huge opportunity there.
The free conference calls are a start-ups dream.
Red Sox in Oakland
It’s always fun to be a fan at an away game. A Red Sox game in Oakland can seem like a home game at times, but when the Sox start losing those A’s fans start to gain some confidence.
Fun to be on the west coast where Red Sox tickets are attainable, although nothing compares to the thrill of a game at Fenway. I’ll be back in Oakland to catch the rest of the series on Wed.