July 2009
1 post
May 2009
3 posts
WatchAwesome!
“David’s victory over Goliath, in the Biblical account, is held to be an anomaly....”
– Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath
“Creating a sustainable startup that can fail indefinitely until it succeeds is...”
– Jackson Fish Market » Google style perks at your scrappy startup?
April 2009
3 posts
“I stopped working for other people when I wanted to control my own destiny.”
– Jackson Fish Market » Majority Ownership and Control
“Now, I’m really looking for more of a boutique business, one that’s not going to...”
– Mike Maples
March 2009
12 posts
“Inspiring conduct has so much more of an impact than coercing it.”
– Are We Home Alone? - NYTimes.com
The Cult of Done Manifesto
by Bre Pettis and Kio Stark
There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
There is no editing stage.
Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it.
Banish procrastination....
“stick and stay and make it pay”
– Sig Hansen
“Refer to the Powder Clause in my contract, ” more than six inches of new and I’m...”
– Snow’s Here! : Blog Crystal
February 2009
10 posts
“The only way to actually get things done is to mitigate the urgent to work on...”
– Gina Trapani - HarvardBusiness.org
“Twitter’s rising popularity continues to amaze me to the point where I’m almost...”
– Mike Davidson
“We’re into the same kind of things you’re into” works better...”
– gapingvoid
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you...”
– Attributed to Mark Twain
“squeeze as much of the slop out of our lives as we can”
– Competitor Northwest via Smarterware
“Do or do not… there is no try.”
– Yoda
“A UK and Canadian team found that vitamin D helps to control a gene known to...”
– BBC NEWS | Health | Vitamin D helps control MS gene
“As Americans — grappling with layoffs and grim economic news — try...”
– Out of Office: Job Loss in the Age of Blogs and Twitter - WSJ.com
January 2009
3 posts
“But you have to actually build it. You have to work every day. You have to sit...”
– Brent Simmons: ‘Advice for indies’ (via Daring Fireball)
“The troublesome weak layers buried deep in the snowpack from early season have...”
– Paul Baugher, Crystal Patrol Director: Weather & Conditions - Crystal Mountain
December 2008
8 posts
WatchNew School Telemark. Yeah!
“I like to hire people who have two traits. They’re smart, and they get things...”
– Marissa Mayer’s Simple Advice On Who To Hire (via TechCrunch)
“maybe it’s time to stand up and start chewing some gum”
– Real Advice Hurts | 43 Folders
Better →
“Sometimes laying on the sidewalk is ok.”
– Courageous Sucking - via 43Folders
“The difference between being an idiot and being a genius is very, very thin”
– How To Spot a Breakthrough: Tips from Early Amazon Investor Nick Hanauer | Xconomy
November 2008
1 post
“If you want to be boring, talk about yourself. If you want to be interesting,...”
– gapingvoid: the cocktail party rule
October 2008
5 posts
“great leaders know that only dead fish swim with the current”
– Start Up
“Be fearful when others are greedy.
Be greedy when others are fearful.”
– Warren Buffett
“Only the paranoid survive.”
– Andy Grove
“What I know is that internal complexity makes for superficiality. There’s...”
– Barry Diller’s Breakup: Why IAC Didn’t Work - WSJ.com
September 2008
2 posts
“UW ranks 116th out of 119 teams nationally in total defense.”
– Huskies | Huskies Football | Consolation: Pac-10 not looking hot | Seattle Times Newspaper
“stop carrying the boat once you’ve crossed the river”
– Social Networks: The Case for a “Pause” Button | 43 Folders
August 2008
4 posts
“Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not...”
– On Multitasking | 43 Folders
