Quotes
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
My notes from Anna Wintour’s biography turned into maxims:
1. Hire talented people as found, not as needed.
2. Taste is as rare as a unicorn.
3.Your employees should describe you as “easy to understand.”
4.Pretend to be... See more
startups:
build it and nobody will come until you figure out distribution which is way harder
anu ☻twitter.comThere 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.com“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
― Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
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
... See moreW. Chan Kim • Blue Ocean Strategy
40 things Rockefeller wrote to his son:
I never thought I would lose.
I do not meet competition. I destroy competitors.
Our destiny is determined by our actions and not by our origins.
Visionary businessmen are always good at... See more
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... See more
Jeremiah Prummerx.com“Only that which can change can continue.”