Motivated Entrepreneur
Bellingham, WA
Joined April 2016
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Innovation Starts Small pastandpresent.com/2017/01/2… via @StampAndCoin #growthhacking #tech #innovation #computervision #machinelearning
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Focus. It’s an entrepreneur’s secret weapon. Again and again in the #Netflix story—dropping DVD sales, dropping à la carte rentals, and eventually dropping many members of the original Netflix team—we had to be willing to abandon parts of the past in service of the future.
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I’ve been part of starting 7 companies. 3 had an IPO. 4 were acquired. The all struggled. If you had asked me before they started, which would be which, I never could have told you. ‘Cause nobody knows anything.
The things a person can learn from @BrianRoemmele 🤔
Consider the alkaline battery.
If you needed a way to test the amount of charge there is a simple mechanical method.
The bounce test.
ZnO becomes almost ceramic after 50% of the charge is gone and thus will bounce higher by the increased density.
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There are so many "startup photos" that inspire me. My two favorites:
1. Jeff Bezos in a tiny office with spray painted Amazon logo. Humble beginnings.
2. Steve Jobs & the Macintosh team sitting on their office floor. Baby in the photo reminds me that startups are a family.
As one of two people to be the first to take a “computer” class in high school in 79/80 I find this very cool. We wrote code, drove to the University to type it in, create the data cards and run them. My how things have changed. 🤔
It was like yesterday when I picked up Apple Computer, Inc. Stock Certificates back in December 1980.
I dreamed of this world where everyone would carry their own computer
I framed this one to always remember.
Thanks a Trillion Apple, you changed the world...
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RIP @claychristensen, one of my heroes. Hard to think of a better role model in both life and business. We lost you far too soon.
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Chill out. Every successful career I’ve ever known was filled with long periods of meandering, when no one knew what would happen next. Look at me: I started as a geology major turned failed realtor. I didn’t really know what I was good at until I was nearly 30 years old.
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Overplanning and overdesigning is often just overthinking—or just plain old procrastination. When it comes to ideas, it’s more efficient to test ten bad ones than spend days trying to come up with something perfect.
#startups #entrepreneur
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If you’re in a business where you rarely actually “see” your customer, you have to make an extra effort into envisioning each and every customer as an individual.
#thatwillneverwork #customer #entrepreneur #startups
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It's not because startups require multiple different skills that it's a good idea to have cofounders. The main reason you need cofounders is to share the weight of doing something so hard.
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"High Growth Handbook" by @eladgil is a whole book full of brilliant intuitions. A small example
Stopped myself twice on Friday. 🙊
Still pondering the thoughtful part.
Abraham Lincoln used to write letters to people & then stick them in a drawer, rather than immediately sending them.
He wanted to be thoughtful about his words & felt a little extra time helped.
Most people could benefit from this strategy.
Breathe. Wait. Then communicate.
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