@nne

Classical pianist with an MBA and a sense of humor. “Positively joyful”.

[@nne @annelparmer]

@perlhack

[Startup Archive @StartupArchive_]

Jeff Bezos’s two pieces of advice for aspiring entrepreneurs

“The advice that I would give entrepreneurs is don't chase the hot new thing. It's so hard to catch something that everybody already knows is hot. Instead, position yourself and wait for the wave to come to you.”

The best way to position yourself, Jeff argues, is to pursue something that captures your curiosity. When Amazon startup, Jeff always asks himself if the founder is a “missionary” or a “mercenary.”

“I don't like mercenaries, and I don't like mercenary cultures. The missionary is building the product, building the service, because they love the customer, because they love the product, because they love the service. The mercenary is building the product or the service so that they can flip the company and make money.”

One of the great paradoxes of entrepreneurship is that the missionaries usually end up making more money than the mercenaries anyways.

After you’ve picked something you’re passionate about, Jeff’s second piece of advice is:

“Start with the customer and work backwards… Those two things will take you an awfully long way.”

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Perhaps men are too emotional to be President.

[WWD @wwd]

Product Design Firm Whipsaw Lends Its Award-winning Prowess to the Wellness Space https://t.co/kSY1NNJFv7

[@nne @annelparmer]

@sanjeevsahgl 👏

[@nne @annelparmer]

@sanjeevsahgl Wow!

[Leo Beletsky @LeoBeletsky]

Wish Elon had bought Teams

[@nne @annelparmer]

@IwriteOK Dippy egg, from Pennsylvania.

[@nne @annelparmer]

@nicisatnite It’s not exactly like PBS, which was funded through congressional appropriation so that we might have non-commercial public media.

[@nne @annelparmer]

@OTerrifying I cannot go wherever this is.

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

Fun tip:

Adding these self-reflection questions (and your own) in your to-do list

So you never forget and you constantly grow

[Tony Hightower may have @ThatTonyH]

I know everyone thinks Hemingway has the ultimate Six Word Story, but may I present

(Via https://t.co/XC3DlIXXC3 )

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Hearing @lizzo play some of the Library's priceless antique instruments on Monday was such a gift, and we were honored and happy to help her share that gift with her concert audience Tuesday night. Here is some more behind-the-scenes footage of her Library tour. #LizzoAtLOC

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

Schrödinger's Plates: They are both broken and not broken until you open the door.

[Sheet Music Library @LibrarySheet]

This is your Brain on Piano.

[@nne @annelparmer]

@sanjeevsahgl But you got there!

[@nne @annelparmer]

@codywanner I use 20 minute pomodoros to tackle stuff I really don’t want to do that I know requires focus. But that’s a lot for a day! Interested to hear the outcome.

[@nne @annelparmer]

@pianistmagazine Clara Schumann

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

'Your house is overloaded with books...' one of the cartoons from my new book 'Revenge of the Librarians'. Order it in good bookshops or online here: https://t.co/4PdfGZyv52

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

Jeff Bezos said:

“There is no way to write a six-page narratively structured memo and not have clear thinking.”

Here’s the writing framework Bezos uses (that you can too):