May 2012
3 posts
WatchWELCOME TO THE VIRTUAL CRASH COURSE IN DESIGN THINKING
“A 90-minute video-led cruise through our methodology”
April 2012
3 posts
behappy.me →
“An SEO walks into a bar, bars, alcohol establishment, restaurant, coors light,...”
– @MarkJeffrey
Lvl: Asians! →
March 2012
1 post
Jason Shah: Lock Down a Paid Subscriber On Visit... →
jasonshah:
Like millions of other people this week, I found out about DollarShaveClub through its undeniably hilarious viral intro video, “Our Blades Are F****** Great”. I will leave it to someone else to pick apart how incredibly brilliant the video itself is (insofar as any form of advertising can be…
February 2012
2 posts
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“Providing jobs, driving the economy, serving the shareholder are not purposes....”
– Simon Sinek
http://blog.startwithwhy.com/refocus/2012/02/purpose-can-not-be-rationalized.html
December 2011
1 post
Some thoughts on creating a great entrepreneurial...
I’ve just looked over Brad Feld’s outline for Startup Communities: Creating a Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in your City and , being a part of the developing startup community in Los Angeles, I decided to pull together my most recent perspective.
An Ecosystem is Cohesive
Most communities can probably point to a handful of local meetups or user groups occurring periodically in their city, but...
November 2011
4 posts
“The question is, will your failure be the lesson that enables someone else to be...”
– Should Entrepreneurs Buy Into the “Changing Pace” of Innovation from @FastCompany
The article will give you insights to chew on, but it’s the above question that lingers in my mind.
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And I think I got it to a point where I’m very comfortable with two simple principles. Which is, when looking at what you want to do with your life, find the way to optimize who it is, the quality of the people that you get to work with and the flow of opportunities that you’re going to be in the middle of because great people support each other and build great networks that reinforce...
Travel essentials: Belkin Mini Surge Protector... →
I try to keep this with me always. While not perfect, it’s small and superbly functional.
bmull:
I highly highly recommend this device.
connectedtravelling:
When we travel, we try to pack as little as possible. On this trip, I tried to limit myself to 13 pounds. That’s really not a lot of stuff, so it’s critical that we only bring necessary stuff.
When I packed the “Belkin Mini...
October 2011
2 posts
America's Healthy Infatuation With Entrepreneurs -... →
We cheer for them because they represent our youthful hopes, our idealism, our ambitions and our dreams. And when these entrepreneurs defy the extraordinary odds, and succeed, we rejoice, for at the moment we can sense, if only fleetingly, the exceptional untapped potential within each of us. We rejoice, and wonder: what if?
WatchFor whatever reason, nothing has inspired like this has. My favorite talk. Thanks @plibin.
September 2011
2 posts
5 tags
foodlatio: Los Angeles, I Love You →
foodlatio:
You met her at a bar. She was a perfect 10. Actress. Model. Dancer. Whatever.
You’ve seen her in pictures, watched her on TV, and heard about her from friends but you always wondered. And now she is right in front of you, but there’s just one problem, she’s a raging bitch.
She rarely…
“You can’t solve this problem alone. You’re rebuilding an ecosystem. Who are the...”
– Revitalizing Struggling American Cities (August 16, 2011) | Stanford Social Innovation Review (via billyb)
August 2011
3 posts
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July 2011
2 posts
In the audio file above, Jason Cohen gives a type...
“Protect your time from unworthy people.”
– tweeted by @noahkagan
I find this to be thought provoking and I’m surprisingly stirred by it (in a good way).
Who are “unworthy people”? Is there a negative cost to being protective? Is there a certain value attached to time that can be applied to a value attached to certain...
June 2011
4 posts
“Fail fast” refers to your projects and product iterations.. not your...”
– Justin Kan, source
What Basic Friendship Rules Can Teach You about... →
Summary from Becca Frasier’s post
Be Real
Listen
Share
Watch out for your friends
Pitch in during times of crisis
Give your friends space
May 2011
2 posts
A. King in Society: “The Daily Rind”, a Better Way... →
Reblogged sabbatical:
Photo: A sample “daily rind” from my notebook
For years my task and schedule management lived across various apps — OmniFocus, Basecamp, Google Calendar, and others (and more recently, as I pared down my “productivity” tools, a simple combination of The Hit List + iCal.) But mapping out…
Bin Laden & How Information Spreads Now →
April 2011
2 posts
Build features for the ROI your community expects
Yesterday I began to probe the motivation and incentives community members have for contributing content to the online social communities they are a part of. Creating content takes time and energy and I postulated that there is an expected payout - in some conscious or subconscious form - for this investment. The most common expected returns were money and social capital (including personal...
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UI UX Designers Key to Success?
Clint Ivy posts to the namesake blog and has me thinking about these @namesake conversation “after-questions”
Are we in an Age of Design?
Is it true that good UX/UI designers are in short supply generally or is that a function of the technology sector echo chamber?
Is it a good time for professional designers and aspiring designers to be finding work?
Is Destin right that...
March 2011
9 posts
“A consequence of confidence is that we undervalue what we don’t already...”
– My take. I had to read this twice. While it’s probably true that confident people undervalue what they don’t know, I also think many confident people undervalue what they do know. I’ve seen many people take for granted the skills that they’ve become proficient in, somehow...
Nothing Really Mattress →
Very pillowsophical.
The Many Roles of an Internal Community Manager →
Is it odd that all of these roles are fun for me? I
Remember February LA StartupWeekend
Some links of all the greatness:
“Startup Weekend LA Rocked It” - Sean Tierney. http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2011/02/22/startup-weekend-la-rocked-it/
“2011 LA Startup Weekend with Avesta Rasouli from Coloft” - Lalawag http://lalawag.com/2011/02/28/2011-la-startup-weekend-recap-with-avesta-rasouli-from-coloft/
Startup Weekend Live from TechZulu...
February 2011
8 posts
The LA Startup Weekend Teams
The teams at @coloft making it happen this weekend at LA Startup Weekend:
Zaarly: A buyer’s market where everything has a price.
Hottie Spotter: A place for bros to find hoes
Scene Swag: See a scene, buy some swag
GrubKlub: Food is a means to an end
Eventify: Turn your home into income generating space
Cork Hub: We sell exclusive wines for the best deals, with a twist
RedLyne: Better...
Satisfaction in your work
How much value, or in what priority, do you place each of these?
Mission/Purpose
Extended Personal Network & Social Capital
Tangible Assets (Achievements)
Financial Capital (Money)
January 2011
3 posts
Why I’m 10X As Influential As Ashton Kutcher On... →
Do you think about the small numbers? If you spend your money on a collection of small, but deep, influencers are you getting more value than from a single position of influence?
