Britt Gage
@brittfgage
Founder, of All Trades. Building a new type of company for generalists and the founders we seek to serve.
Britt Gage
weofalltrades.com
Makers are here to discover something new, to bravely explore. They crave being first to uncover some way to make technology do a thing that nobody else had seen before. Makers become increasingly more disinterested with a particular technology as it matures and becomes polished. Polish and reliability mean that the tech has become mainstream—and... See more
Dimitri Glazkov • We Are Entering a Maker Renaissance
be brave, be bold, and learn to say “no” to customers.
Do it in the right way, calmly and in direct conversation, and explain why the no is necessary. But say no and stick to it.
Your business will thank you for it.
Do it in the right way, calmly and in direct conversation, and explain why the no is necessary. But say no and stick to it.
Your business will thank you for it.
Jan Cavelle • 3 Ways ‘Scope Creep’ Can Ruin Your Startup
If I were to add up all the “lost” years of my life when I studied, worked on, or invested in things that didn’t end up directly contributing to the handful of life-changing turning points, it wouldn’t just be a few lost years. It would be “lost” decades. But here’s the kicker: No one cares!
We all invest our time, efforts, and money into the... See more
We all invest our time, efforts, and money into the... See more
The Article Every First-Time (And Failed) Entrepreneur Needs to Read
There’s wisdom to not talking about our goals. See Derek Sivers TED Talk. It could make you feel closer to your achievement than you are. But a spoken goal, the big one you feel in your bones, the one you’re afraid to say out loud because to not achieve it would be crushing. That takes courage. We reward courage by rooting for you. Some people call... See more
Kyle Thiermann • How can people root for you?
On building of All Trades and Startup Advice
I’m not one to build in public, but there’s utility in making sure it’s known how people can root for you.
People are most receptive to feedback from people they like and trust. Therefore, a foundational part of subtle influence is keeping the relationship strong and making sure it doesn’t lead to a situation where most of your interactions are about trying to get the person to change.
The main way to do this is to make sure that you continue to have... See more
The main way to do this is to make sure that you continue to have... See more
Casey Rosengren • The Art of Subtle Influence
Knowledge and productivity are like compound interest...The more you know, the more you learn; the more you learn, the more you can do; the more you can do, the more the opportunity - it is very much like compound interest.
Sari Azout • things worth sharing this week
The arrogance of improvement
Who are you to make things better?
How dare you raise your hand to help, offer an idea, take responsibility...
Perhaps it might be helpful to reframe that feeling as the generosity of improvement instead.
If not you, who? If not now, when?
Who are you to make things better?
How dare you raise your hand to help, offer an idea, take responsibility...
Perhaps it might be helpful to reframe that feeling as the generosity of improvement instead.
If not you, who? If not now, when?
The arrogance of improvement
There are few companies that have successfully scaled taste better than MSCHF (pronounced “mischief”). Well, not exactly a company, as they explained to me when I visited their Brooklyn-based workshop set across the street from a skate park, but an “artist’s collective that happened to raise venture capital.” Or, according to their self-selected... See more