Every piece of advice is a reaction to something that came before.
"Validate your idea before you go all-in" was a reaction to MBAs raising millions of dollars based on nothing but a business plan.
Today, young builders take that advice and quickly "invalidate" every idea they come up with.
Now the missing ingredient is conviction 🤷♂️
I’ve worked with many people who have great ideas, terribly communicated.
They ask—how are you so good at communication? (I am.)
My secret: it’s the v. little things.
Here’s a list of 9 comms tactics I use often (aka cheat codes to get my point across & influence others) 👇
If capital was the key ingredient to success, no startup would stand a chance against well-funded incumbents.
Yet startups successfully take on incumbents every day with a sliver of the capital.
Don’t use money to close a gap in a race, use it to change the game.
Mais en attendant, appuyez-vous svp sur les résidents et opérateurs économiques visionnaires pour mobiliser une partie des ressources pour les charges mensuelles. SVP, ne laissez pas cette noble initiative s’éteindre
Il faut que l’Etat centralisé reverse ce que les populations paient déjà pour la propreté. Une contribution spéciale de la part des populations devrait être optionnelle car celles-ci subissent déjà une taxation pour ce service, d’où en partie la résistance...
Here’s a useful overview of the likely scenarios that the world will be facing in the coming months while managing this pandemic. So much depends on our ability to make good decisions going forward along with our ability to remain resilient. https://t.co/uYpP1KfOUs
Les feux d'artifice représentent environ 60.000 tonnes de Co2, soit la consommation de 12 000 voitures sur 1 an...Cette année à Shanghai, il n'y a pas eu de feux d’artifices 😌 Ils ont plutôt réalisé un ballet avec près de 2000 drones synchronisés. Le rendu est surréaliste.
It is more important for code to be changeable than that it work. Code that does not work, but that is easy to change, can be made to work with minimum effort. Code that works but that is hard to change will soon not work and be hard to get working again.
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@mehmet_ndiaye Yup. Haven't read yet about the game plan behind the acquisition. But Github is definitely worth that IMO. This reminds me, i need to find out how they are monetizing the LinkedIn acquisition these days...