Jonathan Courtney

Founder and host of The Unscheduled CEO podcast . I do not know what I’m talking about.

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

This, this is how rich I want to be:

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@punk6529 i hateeee it

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

Having an office is impractical, it's a waste of money.

It's not even necessarily good for productivity. People at AJ&Smart tell me they actually get more done at home than in the office.

I don't care where they work either.

So why the hell do we still have a space big enough for 30 people in a prime location in Berlin?

Because for me it's always been important to have a sort of "center of gravity" for the business. A physical location that acts as a sort of sacred space, separate to the rest of reality, where I can work on my weird shit.

It's a place I can use to gather people. To meet customers, where friends can co-work from, where I can run events and meetups.

It might sound stupid, but I can often get pretty disconnected from what i'm really doing with my work. I can lose confidence in my abilities as an entrepreneur. Things get blurry and I lose focus.

But the physical office space acts as a sort of "reminder" of what the business is about. The 16 years of build up of projects, art, weird trinkets ground me in a way that sitting in my home office really cant.

If you're an entrepreneur and you're struggling to "take yourself seriously" as an entrepreneur, sometimes all it takes is something as simple as having a place to go to do your thing to give you that confidence.

Anyway.... uh... have a nice day.

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

@matt_gray_ Yeah youre not wrong here!

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But have you seen the price for the consoles these days?

[High Yield Harry @HighyieldHarry]

How insane do you have to be to say “I need $125 million to be economically secure”

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@Sheldonbishop01 This vibe?

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Which MacBook Pro should I get if I mainly want to record/stream video (multi cam). I want a lot of overheard, gotta be future proof. Is the max chip overkill?

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@Sheldonbishop01 How much ram you think should get? I wanted 32 but only available with the max

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For ONCE I don't look stupid for buying all the consoles when they came out.

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

Yes, being late for things will hurt your career and social life.

Doesn't really matter if you tell people it's because you have ADHD or some other issue.

I also have ADHD "time blindness", and it's a real thing, but I overcompensate for it to the max and always either:

1. Arrive way too early

2. If I think i'll even be 5 mins late I let people know as SOON as I even think it could happen. Not when I was supposed to arrive.

SOMETIMES people can "get away with it". But it's usually either because they're already successful or insanely talented and charming.

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

@hackwithzach @levelsio Topo Chico is lovely

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

@jasonfried yeah this is cleannnnn

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

@quasa0 @stevehaag81 @levelsio im irish but i agree :D

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

@stevehaag81 @levelsio I like the faintness, I barely want to taste anything besides a HINT of something.

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

@quasa0 @levelsio Oh well

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@robzolkos @jasonfried I think that being bad at onboarding people is in our soul. It’s not something we even want to fix at this point but I appreciate the vid!

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

Take me back to the night we Warthog Jumped

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They're still posting about Banksy shredding his artwork over on Linkedin

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@Sheldonbishop01 Yeah I think I just don’t think in goals too much. More like “I want to try this thing because I’m interested in it”

[Jonathan Courtney @Jicecream]

Ive never had real goals or targets when building my businesses, I just starting working on stuff and seeing if people wanted those things and went from there.