Robin Harford
@robin
I am a multi-disciplinary artist.
Robin Harford
robinharford.com
Why differentiation matters more than imitation in entrepreneurship: Dyson, Edwin Land, control, iteration, and compounding advantage.
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It's so like orthodoxy just really needs to be off the table from the beginning of a project or like from the beginning of decision making.
Have you ever studied James Dyson? Not enough.
In fact, I can only recommend one book ever. It's his first autobiography. but he has a crazy line about this.
So this is also very common with great entrepreneurs
... See moreThe only controllable variable in any situation is you. Oddly, it's the last one people adjust. - Shane Parrish
“I'm just an individual who doesn't feel I need to have somebody qualify my work. I'm working for me.” - David Bowie
I really hate the term content creator. It’s such a corporate way of describing artists, writers, intellectuals, and other creatives who ultimately just want to create work they’re proud of.
Part of the problem is that the big social networks are not content platforms supported by advertising. They are better understood as advertising platforms... See more
Part of the problem is that the big social networks are not content platforms supported by advertising. They are better understood as advertising platforms... See more
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“We constrain our imaginations when we subordinate our creations to names owned by fascist tycoons. Imagine the author of a book telling people to “read my Amazon”. A great director trying to promote their film by saying “click on my Max”. That’s how much they’ve pickled your brain when you refer to your own work and your own voice within the
... See more“Build on platforms, don’t build within them” - Andre Chaperon
Now, don’t get me wrong, I like science. I prefer it to bullshit, quasi-bullshit, and even worse, religion. I approach life with the scientific method, and then when I don’t know, I bow down to the great wonder. And that’s it. - G. Rant
This barber was a complete perfectionist down one of the back streets of Marrakesh. He must have taken a good half-hour to lather, massage, and meticulously shave me that I don't ever think I'm going to need a shave again.