Business
Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character.
Character is not formed out of smart people: it is formed out of people who have suffered.
-Jensen Huang
Our company will grow as quickly as our customers decide it will grow.
Talk doesn't cook rice
I only have time for two things: My family, and my business.
I still occasionally hang with friends, catch a game, exercise, etc., but only when I have spare time.
Trying to do more was a source of great frustration.
Embracing this season of life has been freeing.
Jeremiah Prummerx.com“Somebody may beat me—but they’re going to have to bleed to do it.” from Shoe Dog.
There are essentially two business models right now: boring, useful things that can print money and tastemaker brands that can brute force cultural relevancy. Dumb $ is funding the middle: stuff that is neither useful nor cool enough to make it past current startup headwinds.
Daisy Aliototwitter.comCompetition should not occupy the center of strategic thinking.
W. Chan Kim • Blue Ocean Strategy
The creators of blue oceans, surprisingly, didn’t use the competition as their benchmark.17 Instead, they followed a different strategic logic that we call value innovation. Value innovation is the cornerstone of blue ocean strategy. We call it value innovation because instead of focusing on beating the competition, you focus on making the competit
... See moreW. Chan Kim • Blue Ocean Strategy
Don’t fear the competition. Fear the customer.