Natalie Audelo
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Natalie Audelo
How the Greatest Entrepreneurs Hire (h/t David Senra)
Steve Jobs stated that each new hire became a percentage of the company, so why wouldn’t you take the time to find all A-players?
David Ogilvy, as an already established businessman, would see advertisements that he liked and then cold call the person who made the ad — this is how he sourced his t
Here are eight imperatives—all of them drawing strength and sustenance from the humanities:
- We need a way of defining and pursuing progress that doesn’t reduce that concept to something that only comes from a digital device.
- We desperately need access to values and wisdom that aren’t corrupted by the relentless financial metrics and imposed flavor-of
Ted Gioia • The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College
There’s nothing more magical than watching someone do things they didn’t know they were capable of.
Developing high performers
The declining quality, overwhelmed customer service, and constant drops of “limited edition” “sustainable” clothing feel like textbook results of prioritizing profit. Not very long ago, General Atlantic secured a 45% stake in the company. Since then, it appears that product drops have increased, more Sézane pieces are now made in China, and the num... See more
Totally Recommend • The Suffocation Of Sézane
Your premise is the specific, defensible purpose for a project or your overall platform, pulled from your personal vision for your audience . Most work is too generic to resonate, too forgettable to become anyone’s favorite. But by developing our premise — and forcing ourselves to test just how differentiated it truly feels to others — we stand a g... See more
Jay Acunzo • How to Differentiate Your Ideas: The XY Premise Pitch
“We have lost a sense of play. After 2020 did her big one, we’ve been looking for play..... with Pickeball, with trivia nights, and frickin’... improv. And in reality, you can just leave your house and have a nice playful moment with someone else. [...] We live in a fear-based culture.”
Playfulness, 'the marriage pact', nostalgia loops, an innovation idea for footwear brands lurking
We value creative people and funny people so highly in society because creativity and being funny are two things that cannot be faked. You can fake smart, you can fake rich, you can fake confident, you can fake nice, but you can’t fake creativity and you can't fake funny
Dylan O'Sullivanx.comfunny & creative