the adventures of a hippie in the business world

"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel..."

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:41:48 -0500

““Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.””

- — Steve Jobs (via Josh Buckley)

Internet Wishlist

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:46:27 -0400

Internet Wishlist:

An incredible concept for crowdsourcing business ideas and problems that need to be tackled (via GOOD). This site would be complete if it had a voting system.

End-to-End Experience Design

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:51:40 -0400

End-to-End Experience Design

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:06 -0400

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds”

- Albert Einstein

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new"

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:00:06 -0400

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new”

- Albert Einstein

Way cool. oliphillips: Pickmaster Plectrum Cutter Great idea!

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:02:59 -0400

Way cool.

oliphillips:

Pickmaster Plectrum Cutter

Great idea!

rereduct: a folding bicycle concept that features collapsible...

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:49:42 -0400

rereduct:

a folding bicycle concept that features collapsible wheels

Don’t be rich, Live rich - One year on the road - The good and the bad

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:47:16 -0400

Don’t be rich, Live rich - One year on the road - The good and the bad

The perfect startup team

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:25:27 -0400

Saul Klein had this great breakdown of the “perfect startup team” on quora. Couldn’t agree more:

“My view is the Platonic startup has a founding team of a developer, a designer and a distributor.

The perfect startup has all three founders:

someone who understands how to build technologies and systems to solve problems;
someone who understands the human factors behind those problems, why they exist, what it takes to fix them and how to shape the experience;
someone who understands how to reach, talk to and sell to the people whose problems are being solved - and keep finding more of them

The ideal startup has two of the three founders, but all three skills are present between them.

Very few people have all three skills, and even if they come close, they are rarely in perfect balance. In modern business Steve Jobs is probably the only person who even comes close, which arguably took him 25+ years….”

http://www.quora.com/Startup-Advice-Strategy/What-is-the-perfect-startup-team

startupquote: You need to fail quickly. If you think you know...

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:00:06 -0400

startupquote:

You need to fail quickly. If you think you know what’s going to work in any aspect of your startup, you are wrong.

- Chuck Gordon

knstrct.com

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:55:28 -0400

knstrct.com:

I couldnt figure out which article to post, so im just linking the entire site. Love it all.

Seth's Blog: Dependency on external motivation

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:58:29 -0400

Seth's Blog: Dependency on external motivation

» 9 crowdfunding websites to help you change the world

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:43:04 -0400

» 9 crowdfunding websites to help you change the world

Paul Graham - Startups in 13 Sentences

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:28:12 -0400

Paul Graham - Startups in 13 Sentences

Daniel Kraft: Medicine's future? There's an app for that | Video on TED.com

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:31:16 -0400

Daniel Kraft: Medicine's future? There's an app for that | Video on TED.com:

Incredible talk on the future of medicine / tech

startupquote: Good entrepreneurs have a chip on their...

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:25:18 -0400

startupquote:

Good entrepreneurs have a chip on their shoulders. They are out to prove something.

- Mark Suster

"Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the..."

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:51:25 -0400

“Twenty years from now you’ll be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

- Mark Twain

"Work with the smartest people you can find, and do what you’re not ready to do."

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:45:00 -0400

““Work with the smartest people you can find, and do what you’re not ready to do.””

- Marissa Mayer, VP Consumer Products @ Google (via jessicaolee)

"There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So..."

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:43:41 -0400

““There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So never apologize for your enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.” - Ryan Adams”

- (via jessicaolee)

The Startup Pyramid

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:29:51 -0400

The Startup Pyramid:

A great article on timing of scaling up a business, with an emphasis on achieving product/market fit and what it is exactly.

Some great advice I heard a couple of weeks ago at a Lean Coffee meetup: “Don’t ever build on a poor foundation”