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The art of iteration
One of the best business books of the last decade is Eric Ries’ “The Lean Startup”. A great guy, we had dinner with him at SXSW …
Make mine a bias-free latte
In 2008 Howard Schultz regained the CEO role at Starbucks and began a process of taking the business forward… by taking it backward. His idea was …
You gotta keep it real
Yes. We know. Being your most authentic self is the best thing to be. The trouble is that it’s hard. It’s a complex world out …
One for the haters
There is no ladder. There is no “right way”. There’s just you and God, and sometimes God is on your side, sometimes he ain’t. And …
You can’t have one without the other
This is another way of saying, it doesn’t matter how good your idea is, if you you can’t get buy-in from other people, if other …
Talking about a revolution
“Permanent Revolution” is an old idea, first put forth by Leon Trotsky, back in the early days of the Soviet Union. Well, as any history buff …
The never ending search for meaning
Back in college in Austin, if I ever declared my dislike of a certain rock group or pop singer, the standard reply from my friends …
It’s all about the adventure, baby.
The oldest story in the Western Canon is an adventure (The Iliad). The most successful movie franchise is history is an adventure (Star Wars). We …
What do you want to be when you grow up?
People spend far too much time worrying about the physicality of their jobs. What kind of money they’d like to make, what kind of office …
How to scale your genius
So you’ve decided to be a creative genius. Good for you. A world of opportunity awaits. Not to mention money, groupies and plaudits. Just remember …
Let’s Get Equal
Happy Equal Pay Day! It’s 2018, let’s get equal. Right now, a woman is being interrupted, called difficult, receiving a poorer performance review, being passed over …
Thinking about reverse engineering culture?
The famous opening lines in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina: “All happy families are the same. All unhappy families are different in their own way.” A lot …
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