Business Building

One of the biggest reasons it gets harder to do new things as you get older is that new things are generally undignified at first (indeed, this is an excellent heuristic for discovering them) and the older you get, the more dignified you're expected to be.

The single best thing I've read this year on how to improve a company. https://t.co/cUahYNEPQw

Steve Jobs negotiates Apple's deal with Microsoft July 24, 1997

Intelligence and capability are not enough. There must be the joy of doing something beautiful. Govindappa Venkataswamy

If you’re a founder struggling with prioritizing a roadmap and defining a strategy:

1. embrace the chaos of reality and not be over-reliant on meticulous, inflexible planning. Instead of waiting for the perfect plan, take action and be prepared to pivot swiftly as opportunities or changes in the landscape arise.

2. make decisions fast and be ready to adjus

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The stages of CEO & how to evolve as your company does:

Something I told 9 yo: If you're a maker, resist being told what to do by people who aren't.

Or take HEY. HEY has tens of thousands of paying customers. For us that's a win. For Google/Gmail it would be a huge failure. They need a whole lot more to make something worth it. We need a whole lot less to make it a spectacular success. HEY has tens of thousands of users. Gmail has a billion. So are we "losing" to Gmail? Or are HEY and Gmail bot... See more