Entrepreneurship
Resources, thoughts, and ideas for when starting a company
Entrepreneurship
Stop asking how you can add value—that's just creating work for others. Spend some time figuring it out, then go do it.
Sahil Bloom • The Most Powerful Life Hacks I've Found
Bounce, don’t break: resilience isn’t about avoiding knockdowns; it’s about how you use them as launching pads.
-Shane Parrish
The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me.
-Ayn Rand
Who’s going to stop me? Me
from Brain Food #629
Innovation is hard and fraught with failure. The upside is that when you
find a new, better way that no one else has done, you lead the world.
Risks must be taken. Failures endured. New ways found.
-Hiut Denim ‘No-Growth’ Model
Hyperloop notes
Be able to book a seat at certain time intervals (every 3 hours, let's say)
A train can always add another car
No random hidden exhorbant (exorbitant??) confusing fees
Luggage costs based on specific volume and mass, rather than a step function
Food is healthy and reasonably priced, water is free, WiFi is free
Overall pleasant simple
Waiting for perfect conditions is how otherwise intelligent people keep themselves stuck.
Shane Parrish • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
... See moreMost people see circumstances as fixed; high-agency people see them as variables. When Depression-era customers couldn’t afford shotguns, Rose didn’t complain about the economy; she created a rental program overnight. The line stretched around the block the next morning. High agency isn’t magical thinking; it’s the refusal to accept artificial
From lessons learned about Rose Blumkin; my bold
The shortest path is the one you don’t abandon.
-Shane Parrish
from Brain Food #631