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Even if you want to be big someday, remember that you never need to act like a big boring company. Over ten years, it seemed like every time someone raved about how much he loved CD Baby, it was because of one of these little fun human touches.
Derek Sivers • Anything You Want
Here’s how to live: Create.
Derek Sivers • How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
To stand out and build an audience as a company of one, you have to out-teach and outshare the competition, not outscale them.
Paul Jarvis • Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business
YouTube founder Chad Hurley explains the virality hack he stole from PayPal
In February 2005, three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—founded YouTube.
The initial idea was to build a video dating site called “Tune In, Hook Up”. When that idea failed, the... See more
Startup Archivex.comWhat 5-Minute Action Could Shortcut You to What You Really Want?
Most people take the long way around. They imagine multi-year plans to finally do the thing they care about. Derek challenges that mindset with a simple question: what’s the five-minute action that could start you down the shortcut path?
Most people take the long way around. They imagine multi-year plans to finally do the thing they care about. Derek challenges that mindset with a simple question: what’s the five-minute action that could start you down the shortcut path?
Derek Sivers — Embracing Simplicity, Owning Your Weirdness, and Designing a Life with Intent (#86)
Rick Rubin: start by creating for yourself and ignore critics and self-doubt https://t.co/6ihm4qQrCS
Vala Afsharx.comAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky shares the Paul Graham advice that helped him find product/market fit
“Paul Graham gave us a series of advice that probably changed our business for ever… He basically said: ‘It’s better to have 100 customers that love you than a million customers that just sort of like... See more
Startup Archivex.comNecessity is a great teacher.
Derek Sivers • Anything You Want
This interview with @bchesky was great, and I agree:
- Aim to have as few people as possible
- Leaders should manage the work, not the people. Manage the people through the work
- Be in “founder mode” by staying involved in the details
https://t.co/UJJfXsgIJB
Karri Saarinenx.com