The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
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The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
None. I’m my own boss. I don’t have to answer to anyone. I get to learn from my own mistakes instead of being fired for making them. We have no debts and we have no deadlines. There’s no pressure to take shortcuts, or please any outside shareholders. We get to spend our time in customer interviews not in board meetings.
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” – Annie Dillard
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
Effectual thinkers are like explorers setting out on voyages into uncharted waters.
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
Essentially there are two rules here: don't post or upvote crap links, and don't be rude or dumb in comment threads.
A crap link is one that's only superficially interesting. Stories on HN don't have to be about hacking, because good hackers aren't only interested in hacking, but they do have to be deeply interesting.
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A crap link is one that's only superficially interesting. Stories on HN don't have to be about hacking, because good hackers aren't only interested in hacking, but they do have to be deeply interesting.
What does "deeply interesting"... See more
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
It's an intimidating prospect to enter a field where a few big winners outperform everyone else. Some people do this deliberately, but you don't need to. If you have sufficient natural ability and you follow your curiosity sufficiently far, you'll end up in one. Your curiosity won't let you be interested in boring questions, and interesting... See more
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
So let’s get clear: a paradigm is made out of units and rules . It says, “the part of the world I’m studying is made up of these entities , which can do these activities .”
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
Eventually certain of the emerging effects coalesce into clearly achievable and desirable goals–landmarks that point to a discernible path beginning to emerge from the wilderness
Seasons entrepreneurs, however, know that surprises are not deviations from the path. Instead they are the norm, the flora and fauna of the landscape, from which one learns... See more
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
All entrepreneurs begin with three categories of means
- 1. Who they are–their traits, tastes,and abilities;
- 2. What they know–their education, training, expertise, and experience
- 3. Whom they know–their social and professional networks.
Saras Sarasvathy in “What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial.“
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
The TOWS Matrix, developed by Heinz Weihrich in 1999, is a strategic planning tool that combines internal and external factors to generate strategic options. This approach was then popularized by Albert Humphrey, a consultant at the Stanford Research Institute. It stands for Threats, Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Strengths, forming a matrix that... See more