Failure to Launch

He is synonymous with Near Future Laboratory, the platform he founded originally as a blog in 2005, which has since become his company through which he does commercial work. It serves as a home for projects, writing, his podcast conversations with some very curious and intriguing people, his Learning & Development platforms SuperSeminar and Gen... See more

Mehta and Fine profiled one high school in a network of 14 project-based charter schools serving more than 5,000 students. The students are drawn by lottery, representing all social groups. They do not sit in rows taking notes. Rather, grouped into teams of 50, they work together on complicated interdisciplinary projects. Teachers serve as coaches ... See more

C.S. Lewis on the value of starting where you are:

“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”

When you start off, you have to deal with the problems of failure. You need to be thickskinned, to learn that not every project will survive.

Vote with your wallet. A clip from my exchange with Harley Finkelstein (@harleyf), President of Shopify and entrepreneur who started his first business at 13. We explored his iconoclastic journey from DJ to leader of one of the world’s most transformative tech companies. Episode 878.

The Bear S02E07 (Forks) is such a great episode for founders (or really anyone finding value in their craft). Richies change from an eye-rolling-it-doesnt-matter clock-watcher to finding his way is kinda beautiful.. https://t.co/R8k9HRhSEc

My father’s single-minded attention to both detail and experience mirrors the approach of the best founders I’ve worked with.