Josh Bowen
@joshbowen
Josh Bowen
No matter how many people come over for dinner, you’re only going to be able to engage with a few.
And no matter how big the crowd in the arena, the musicians can only see the faces of a few hundred.
An investor can only be engaged and smart about a very small number of companies.
And it doesn’t matter how many students are in the class, the teacher
... See moreSeth Godin • The natural size
If you are GP and raising a fund now - your first slide should have two points on it -
1) How long have you been in business
2) what’s your dpi
All other points can come later.
Ibrahim Ajamix.comJust think about how much effort you have to put into maintaining the facade of being an Expert — how much effort it takes to always appear as “the one who knows”… and compare that to the freedom and flow and playfulness that can open up when you really allow yourself to sink into not knowing, when you no longer care if you make mistakes or if you... See more
the simple act of spending time with new people can be an unnecessarily complex challenge.
Allie Conti • We Really Should Hang Out More Often
I’d like to keep my family together and raise my boys into adults who are “publicly useful and privately happy.” Anything else is gravy.
Small minds discuss people
Average minds discuss events
Great minds discuss ideas
I'm thinking about how the design of social networks pulls us towards the small/average - Instagram is centered on photos of the self, Twitter around discussing news/facts of the day.
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