Slowpreneur
by Beverley · updated 2mo ago
Slowpreneur
As a marketing executive, I view business as one of the greatest adventures of the human enterprise—if not the greatest. But I am not just a businessman: I am also an unapologetic romantic.
from The Business Romantic by Tim Leberecht
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- Anti-network effects sometimes incorporate network effects of their own, but are generally more deliberate, intelligent, and actively governed. They are designed with scarcity in mind and are not so easy to starve out. They have long horizons and think many steps ahead in time, and can be spatially intelligent across entire topologies.
27/ They need... See morefrom Anti-Network Effects
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- By contrast, consumer software tools that enhance human agency, that serve us when we are most creative and intentional, are often built by hobbyists and used by a handful of nerds. If such a tool ever gets too successful one of the Marl-serving companies, flush with cash from advertising or growth-hungry venture capital, will acquire it and kill i... See more
from The Tyranny of the Marginal User by Ivan Vendrov
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- Being intentionally tiny enables us to develop products and services specifically tailored to audiences with diverse needs, providing a level of attention and care (and fun) that larger companies cannot offer or compete with.
from Part II: “Open World” Marketing by André Chaperon
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- If you're small, you're in a position where it's to your advantage to be weird—you can have a point of view that the big tech companies never could. In the world of chairs—you're not going to build a cheaper chair than Ikea. Why not build something they couldn't—like a more interesting one?
from No More Boring Apps | (Not Boring) Software by (Not Boring) Software Inc.
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- Entrepreneurship is a personal growth engine disguised as a business pursuit.
from 3-2-1: Entrepreneurship, Habits, and the Joy of Climbing | James Clear by James Clear
Beverley added 3mo ago
There will always be too much to do – and this realisation is liberating. Today more than ever, there’s just no reason to assume any fit between the demands on your time – all the things you would like to do, or feel you ought to do – and the amount of time available. Thanks to capitalism, technology and human ambition, these demands keep increasin
... See morefrom Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life by theguardian.com
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