Dominik Schwarz

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»Internet Rando« — Washington Post Entrepreneur & Builder · 10+ years of management experience in start-ups & grown-ups · Digital Marketing, Product Innovation · Strategic Communication · Project Thinker & Passionate Implementer · Creator of the Dinosaur Emoji 🦕

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19 Things You Can Say to People in 10 Seconds That Sometimes Produce Insanely Outsized Effects

1. Yeah, someone *should* do that. Why not you?

2. Is there something you could do about that problem in the next five minutes?

3. That's a great thought - have you written it up somewhere? I'd be excited to share it if so.

4. Should you write a blog or Linke

Communication and Mentorship

Incentives are the strongest force in the world. They explain why good people do awful things, why smart people do stupid things, and why ordinary people do amazing things. Nearly everyone underestimates how much their own beliefs and actions are influenced by their incentives, many of which are designed to fulfill someone else’s goals.

collabfund.com • Big Beliefs

sales and business

business and Images

Build for good actors, rather than hedge against the bad actors. I love Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales‘ steak knives analogy. Imagine you’re designing a restaurant that serves steak. Subsequently, you’re going to be giving everyone steak knives. There’s always the possibility that people with knives will stab each other, but you won’t lock everyone in cag... See more

David • 99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice

startup

A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time—most people don’t even try, and just accept that things are the way that they are.

People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching a... See more

blog.samaltman.com • How to Be Successful

Quotes

the details are not the details. they make the design.

-charles eames

Quotes and design

I have the secret to how to get the best help immediately from any customer service, like the phone company or the bank or anything. I have the best line, it always works. You want to know what it is? When I call, I say, “Hello. I am Hans Rosling and I have made a mistake.” People immediately want to help you when you put it this way. You get much ... See more

Dominik Schwarz

collabfund.com • Big Beliefs

David • 99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice

blog.samaltman.com • How to Be Successful

Shanna Carpenter • Q&A with Hans Rosling (Part 2): How to change Fidel Castro’s mind … and everybody else’s | TED Blog

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Sari Azout • Check your Pulse #14

Aja Singer • Our Big Brand Vision? Going welI, I think!