Blink once if you’re alive, Twice if you’re Dead
It’s funny how ideas long thought dead come back, blinking awake again. One of the challenges I find in StartUpLand is trying to kick habits that produce tangible results short-term at the expense of long-term growth. Tendencies like making an employee multi-task on various roles – i.e my developer answering the phones, helping pitch projects, […]
Stay Small: a better way to work.
Here’s my hookah-liquor induced epiphany: A startup is a chance for people to clear the air and work together in a new way. Think about it! Matrix-model businesses, scrum methodology, agile-management: these are (relatively) new ways of getting things done. These ways of working didn’t exist 50 years ago. We don’t have to work the same […]
Alka-seltzer Soft Drinks!
Brilliant idea of the week: Alka-seltzer soft drinks. Alka-seltzer has caffeine, pain-relievers, and carbonation. But it tastes horrible. Why not make a soft drink with caffeine + pain-relievers that tastes good? It’ll be the Four-Loko of pain-killers! Have a hangover? Pound a six-pack and you’re good to go. Feeling a stomach-ache coming on? Head over […]
Sorry I ranted…
Sorry I ranted about employees being screwed. One thing I hate to do is rail against the injustice of something and then not follow-up with a proposed solution or course of action. I prefer to act as if I have agency in the situation, mainly because I think people feel better when they “think” they […]
Find your work
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.” ― Siddhārtha Gautama I went on a Herman Hesse kick when I was 19 years old. I read Narcissus and Goldmund, Siddhartha, and etc. All great stuff for some young guy desperately trying to figure out what’s […]
The Whole Story
I’m a firm believer in telling people in the organization “The Whole Story”. Truth begets trust. The more honest you are with the people you work with on how the company’s doing, how they’re doing, what the future looks like, the better everyone feels. And feeling good, roughly translated, means higher morale and a better […]
Trust Your Gut, bro!
Hey guys, trust your gut. Silicon Valley’s big on intuition If it doesn’t feel right, or taste right, it’s probably not going to work out, ya know? Also, do your homework. Don’t want to look like a fool working in an industry and you don’t know what you should, right? Finally, listen to wise friends/colleagues/the […]
Why are you so lazy?
I waste a lot of time. I play video games, read trashy sci-fi novels, spend precious hours on the internet looking at bike pants. When I die (if I die….) will I look back on my life and think “what a waste…” ? Probably not. It’s important to have downtime. Here’s what Scott Adams (Creator of […]
To love the product, and not the process is B.S.
First of all, I love passionate people. Passion’s important; it’s key. Entrepreneurs need it. But I don’t love products, services, or gizmos. And for whatever reason, some tech-preneurs somehow got it mixed up that in order to be successful (or their enterprise to be successful), they need to L.O.V.E. their product/service/gizmo. B.S. You need to […]
core value
I’m going to say that there’s a great number of core values out there, but if I had only one here’s what I got “Humanity, and everything that has its *essence, is sacred.” *zen, tao, spirituality, karma, luck, koans, etc