Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
I'm an investor, entrepreneur, developer.
Some things about me:
- Grew up in Charlottesville, VA
- On the Internet since 1991, which is my actual "home town"
- Went to MIT because I loved the Richard Feynman autobiographies
- Started two companies
- CEO of GitHub from 2018 through 2021
- Live in California
Some things I believe:
- As human beings it is our
Nat Friedman • Nat Friedman
WARREN BUFFETT Founder and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
As Burke said in describing his early years in Albany, “Murphy delegates to the point of anarchy.”7
William Thorndike • The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
A study done in one large Fortune 500 company asked employees to complete a survey about who they go to for help. Whether it was a computer question, a finance inquiry, or something about the history of the business, employees were asked to provide the names of their “go-to” people. Once the data points were collected, researchers mapped it out to
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Start Individually to Avoid Groupthink
Teresa Torres • Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value
Ask your team “who is served by the work that we do?” and then craft their answers into your own rallying cry to keep serving.
David Burkus • Best Team Ever: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams
Every time that we, as a species, have changed the way we think about the world, we have come up with more powerful types of organizations.