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Never let them fly business class
The number one thing I notice and dislike about big companies is the self-rationalizing process of the executives as they waste their company’s money. Some perks are so absurd that we all know them — fancy executive cars, dining rooms
Never let them fly business class
The number one thing I notice and dislike about big companies is the self-rationalizing process of the executives as they waste their company’s money. Some perks are so absurd that we all know them — fancy executive cars, dining rooms
How to sell
Amazing lessons from Lango CEO 1. Do it – 13k outbound calls, 3k webinars, then a live followup call, then sign. 3k subscription customers. 2. Key tool: CRM – use Nutshell 3. Must staff: Sales organization – no part time
How to sell
Amazing lessons from Lango CEO 1. Do it – 13k outbound calls, 3k webinars, then a live followup call, then sign. 3k subscription customers. 2. Key tool: CRM – use Nutshell 3. Must staff: Sales organization – no part time
Two massive problems the first time they use your product
1. The empty restaurant. A product that is meant to be interesting and social is empty when you start. 2. The empty notebook. Full of promise, like a Moleskine, but essentially blank. The user must do “the work”. Solution: suck
Two massive problems the first time they use your product
1. The empty restaurant. A product that is meant to be interesting and social is empty when you start. 2. The empty notebook. Full of promise, like a Moleskine, but essentially blank. The user must do “the work”. Solution: suck
Mobile second
Scary story from the front lines. Cool hacker startup builds their v1. Friends dig it. Goes to PG and does YC. Everyone at YC starts using it. A very handy web app that’s right on time. 2012. I am using
Mobile second
Scary story from the front lines. Cool hacker startup builds their v1. Friends dig it. Goes to PG and does YC. Everyone at YC starts using it. A very handy web app that’s right on time. 2012. I am using
The Amazon drones piece on 60 Minutes
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXoj_UBXv8 Brilliant brilliant PR. So good.
The Amazon drones piece on 60 Minutes
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gcXoj_UBXv8 Brilliant brilliant PR. So good.
The Myth of Laziness
Catching up on some 2013 reading. Today’s victim, the classic “Myth of Laziness” by Levine. A text for educators (and motivators). Some people don’t deliver or seem to try. We call them lazy. But it isn’t a natural state. They
The Myth of Laziness
Catching up on some 2013 reading. Today’s victim, the classic “Myth of Laziness” by Levine. A text for educators (and motivators). Some people don’t deliver or seem to try. We call them lazy. But it isn’t a natural state. They
Grandness of vision
Amazon wins for that. Here are the top three comments on Hackers News about the new Amazon Prime Air (drone delivery) *idea* kyro 13 minutes ago | link This concept and forward thinking is of the type I make a
Grandness of vision
Amazon wins for that. Here are the top three comments on Hackers News about the new Amazon Prime Air (drone delivery) *idea* kyro 13 minutes ago | link This concept and forward thinking is of the type I make a
That annoying self obsessed engineer you have to f…
That annoying self obsessed engineer you have to fire You know the type. Impossible to recruit, because he doesn’t care about anything humans care about. Impossible to manage, because he only cares about his own projects and not the broader
That annoying self obsessed engineer you have to f…
That annoying self obsessed engineer you have to fire You know the type. Impossible to recruit, because he doesn’t care about anything humans care about. Impossible to manage, because he only cares about his own projects and not the broader
Capital of Ideas
Somehow the ideas startups are mostly in NYC. Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Quirky. Are the ideas and creative people mostly here?
Capital of Ideas
Somehow the ideas startups are mostly in NYC. Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Quirky. Are the ideas and creative people mostly here?
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