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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What the humans like is responsiveness

Sasha Chapin • What the Humans Like Is Responsiveness

sales

Always stick to what makes you weird, odd, strange, different. That’s your source of power.

Robert Greene

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personality

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

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell. -Edward Abbey

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business and Images

Most people’s mental models of energy are flawed: they think there’s a ‘tank’ of energy that gets depleted as you spend it. This may be roughly true for physical energy, but mental energy is different: spending mental energy on things that you consider productive or important gives you more mental energy for other things: a positive feedback loop.

nabeelqu.co • Tips for Productivity, Thinking, and Doing

motivation

Build honesty into your culture, not transparency.

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

manifestos and principles and startup

“Every organization sucks, but you get to choose the ways in which your organization sucks.” – Mark Zuckerberg quoting Dan Rosensweig.

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

Quotes

Vadik Marmeladov's Codes of Practice: 1. Wear the uniform 2. Think long term (like 30 years from now) 3. Build stories and languages, not things 4. Create your own universe (or join ours) 5. Collect samples 6. Be a sample for somebody else 7. Look for loyalty, not for a skill set 8. Do not build utilitarian products. However, use them as ... See more

manifestos and principles