I just got an email from Jon Atherton, creator of the popular iPhone game Wobble iBoobs. I was surprised to hear from him, because our last email exchange ended badly (full transcript below). When I reminded him about our previous exchange, I got the reply shown in the image at top. Maybe sleaze pays in continue…
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.”– Shunryu Suzuki Just about every day – and sometimes several times a day – I get to hear an entrepreneur tell the story of their company: who they are, what they’re up to, why they’re excited about it. As I continue…
A few years back I proposed (and only partly in jest) a “Hippocratic oath for business.” This morning I read in the New York Times that a group of students at Harvard Business School had publicly made a similar pledge. I don’t really expect this to sweep the business world by storm, but I applaud continue…
Tim O’Reilly has used the phrase “stuff that matters” before, but yesterday he laid out his rough definition of what that means to him, and it’s a list that will probably resonate with anyone who’s taken a more entrepreneurial path in life. It’s a long-ish post but the actual list of “stuff” is short: Work continue…
I had a meeting yesterday with a friend and colleague whose mom recently died at the relatively young age of 64. As we were talking he also shared that his dad had suffered a debilitating stroke just six weeks after he retired. Coincidentally, on my way into the meeting my mom forwarded me a poem continue…
My wife and I met in business school (a statistically unlikely prospect if you stop to think about it). One of the many relationship advantages this confers is a large shared vocabulary of concepts we can use not only to communicate about our work lives, but that we often apply (sometimes in jest, sometimes not) continue…
Brevity has never been my strong suit. Witness this morning’s PE Week Wire (an excellent daily newsletter for those with an interest in Private Equity and Venture Capital): Alexander Haislip offers a single sentence that delivers the same message as my recent post on the same topic, but in just 25 words: Good companies, they continue…
I have my friend Sree to thank for introducing me to the writings of Warren Buffet’s longtime investment partner, Charlie Munger. In his excellent book of investment (and other) advice, Poor Charlie’s Almanack, Munger offers 10 rules for investment success, one of which has been on my mind lately. Rule number 1: Measure Risk, includes continue…
I love to dip my toes into unfamiliar disciplines, partly out of pure curiosity, but also because I so often discover new concepts that shine fresh light on familiar ideas. Last night was a great example: My wife and I have just started to think about schools for our son, Parker. A close friend of continue…
I have a hard time living in the present. I’m always looking ahead, trying to figure out what the future will look like given what I know about today. Sometimes it’s a useful habit: as a relatively mundane example, even when I don’t feel like going out for a run or a ride, I think continue…