Jason Shen
@jasonshen
Exec coach helping founders and creative leaders rebound and reinvent so they do more of what matters most.
Jason Shen
To be effective, we must act decisively on decisions we disagree with. This may seem obvious, but it remains one of the most challenging tasks.
Cedric Chin • Decisiveness is Just as Important as Deliberation
It is often better to be aligned in any direction than not at all
This realtor does “speed tour” videos and its probably the best thing you’ll watch today https://t.co/ucz6Brhz14
Turner Novakx.comWhy see it slow when you can see it fast?
Soul Painting 🎨📱 shot w @xiaomi #Xiaomi14Ultra #tutorial #photography
youtube.comCreativity and Sign off content
Cool concept for a self portrait
one of the most interesting pieces of information we found through our analysis is that Great Funds know how to concentrate capital exceptionally well.
Great Funds invested 38.7% of their capital in 23.1% of their investments, which generated over 5X+. 23.9% of that capital went into their 10X+ investments.
Good Funds on the other hand invested... See more
Great Funds invested 38.7% of their capital in 23.1% of their investments, which generated over 5X+. 23.9% of that capital went into their 10X+ investments.
Good Funds on the other hand invested... See more
Jason Shuman • Big Winners and Bold Concentration: Unveiling the Secret Portfolio Returns of Leading Venture Funds
Knowing where to double down is critical to outsized success
If you offer ongoing coaching or a cohort-based course, here's a POWERFUL tip for you.
(It's one of the tactics I share in my Coaching Kit Skill Session.)
At the midpoint of your engagement, email each participant individually and ask them these questions:
1. In... See more
Josh Spectortwitter.com
Generative AI and
This locks toy companies into a challenging bet. Every year, they have to a) predict trends, b) invent them, and c) commit capital to them. All without knowing how the rest of the year will turn out. Since toy trends exist, but don’t last for very long, they have to invent new products every year—but the technological state of the art doesn’t... See more
Byrne Hobart • The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack
Toy makers have to think like publishers or VCs
"In addition, there are problems that humans rather than computers will have to solve for purely practical reasons. It isn’t because computers couldn’t eventually solve them. It’s because in real life, and especially in organizational life, we keep changing our conception of what the problem is and what our goals are."
— Geoff Colvin, Humans Are
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