So much advice going around these days.
Bootstrap! No, get an angel round! No, wait, go for a lot of money quickly, so you don’t have to worry about raising money again! Bullshit, do a friends and fami…
Folks, it looks like I’m going to have to change the name from Fearless Entrepreneurs. There’s a trademark for “The Fearless Entrepreneur” already. Should’ve checked, of course.
Any suggestions for a n…
Best-selling author Bob Sutton:
Before making the decision to cheat or be fair, the test subjects were given some guidance. Some were encouraged to think rationally about the situation and to ignore…
This was something Tim O’Reilly said at SXSW.
The quote seems to really be “Strong opinions, weakly held”, but I like Tim’s version better, because I’m an internet guy.
The reference for it seems to com…
Do you know the feeling of trying to perfect your elevator pitch, anxiously gauging the reaction in the person you’re telling it to, hoping that they’ll truly care?
Who gives a rat’s ass?
How about if y…
I get annoyed at the destruction of wealth, the creative inefficiencies. But it’s also deeper than that. It’s the corruption of youth. These “swing for the fences” kind of …
And the flip side—when talking to ourselves, what if we were a little more supportive?
It’s not an easy habit, but it works.
We humans tend to internalize all the criticism we’ve ev…
David Hepworth, quoting from the documentary Joan Rivers - A Piece of Work:
Never mind the long range. What the fuck are we doing Monday?
I think that’s both smart and stupid.
You need to have a visi…
Think deeply and feel fully about what you want your life to be about.
Start with pure love.
If I look back over 20+ years of entrepreneurs I’ve backed, the ones who were anxious and afraid of failure most certainly had worse outcomes than the ones who were agressive and confid…
