Brad Feld on the Naked Entrepreneur. Brad talks about how he got started in the technology scene, his passion on creating things.
He also discusses that it is “people” not just ideas that makes business successful.
Immigration reform & startups bit.ly/WMbYMA “Everyone says they are with us…we’ll find out if this is true” #StartupAct #STEM
— Steve Case (@SteveCase) February 5, 2013
Simon Sinek “How Great Leaders Inspire Action”
Going public may force companies’ priorities to monetize faster than usual. Facebook’s IPO is a perfect example.
Building products on a quicker pace may have positive or negative results. We’ll see how Facebook navigate its business the next few months with it’s current pressure from its investors.
(Source: cnbc.com)
Fred Wilson at TechCrunch Disrupt. Interview discusses: frothy startup valuations, secondary market and the need to change accreditation standard for investors, etc.
(Source: TechCrunch)
YouTube accelerated innovation to the new world
Free enterprise is the only system that lets us pursue happiness by earning our success!
Creating a startup is kind of like having a child, noting that there’s never really a good time to have a child or to do a startup.” by Greg Gottesman
Obsess over customers: when given the choice between obsessing over competitors or customers, always obsess over customers.” Jeff Bezos
- We are creating and encouraging a culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us and increasingly unable to engage in long-form thinking. People now feel anxious when their brains are unstimulated.
- We are losing some very important things by doing this. We threaten the key ingredients behind creativity and insight by filling up all our “gap” time with stimulation. And we inhibit real human connection when we prioritize our phones over our the people right in front of us.
- What can we do about it? Is this path inevitable or can balance be restored?
by Joe Kraus
