Entrepreneurship

When we sing in the shower, we hardly expect applause. In fact, that would be awfully weird.

But online, when just about anyone might be clicking, watching or sharing, it’s disappointing to put your work into the world and hear nothing.

Nothing but a black hole that absorbs your best work and reflects nothing back.

And if that happens again and again,... See more

Crickets

Robin Good added 7mo

"The amount of serendipity that will occur in your life is directly proportional to the degree to which you do something you're passionate about combined with the total number of people to whom this is effectively communicated." https://t.co/KfFpouh7Dm

Emily

x.com

Robin Good added 7mo

The measure of my success as a leader is how minimal my intervention can be.

I’m committed to stepping back and allowing others to make their own decisions and find their voice as leaders.

Tiago Forte on X

Johann Van Tonder added 8mo

The company is an extension of my psychology as the founder. All my strengths and knowledge get amplified and extended, but so do my weaknesses and limitations.

- Tiago Forte on X

Johann Van Tonder added 8mo

Robin Good added 9mo

The Spark and The Flame

bvp.com

Abie Cohen added 10mo

On being an entrepreneur

Most times, the best way to create value is continue to double down on the domain-specific insights you've collected over your entire career.

Nikita Bier • Tweet

Robin Good added 10mo

“I don’t know anything about business,” Ive demurs, but he abhors the current fascination with disruption. “I’m not interested in breaking things,” he says. “We have made a virtue out of destroying everything of value,” he says. “It’s associated with being successful and selling a company for money. But it’s too easy—in three weeks we could break e... See more

Jony Ive • Jony Ive on Life After Apple

Charlie Gedeon added 10mo

When you try to make something that solves everything, you obsess over questions of power: how to make something that is omnipotent and everlasting. But when you make something that does one thing well, the questions are much more personal: does it solve my problem? and for how long? and who for? and where will it push the space around it? I want t... See more

Be specific

Charlie Gedeon added 10mo

“Cultivating infinite devotion is the prerequisite for becoming great in any field.

The external rewards typically take so long to appear that the people who ultimately persist to success are the ones who cultivate their internal motivation to the point where the external rewards are just the cherry on top, not the core goal.

From the outside, thes

Robin Good added 10mo