Start-up life = hard won insights. Here are my top 10 for this year.
1. Doing well at a start-up is not simply about skill, it is about mentality.
A start-up mentality values action over correctness, results over process. It suits those that value autonomy over clarity.
@frantzfries Idk why Microsoft makes their products so user unfriendly. It’s like they do it on purpose or something cos they obv could invest in improving them?
What does AI have to do with Greek gods?
The Ancient Greek myth of Talos tells of a giant made of brass, crafted by Hephaestus, the master blacksmith god. Talos performed a simple program – circle the isle of Crete 23 a day, and if any invaders arrive, hurl stones at them.
9/22
Daniel Kahneman:
“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it.”
The Focusing Illusion, adapted to the business world:
“Nothing in business is as important as it actually is, while you are talking about it.”
That is the REAL problem.