Distribution, distribution, distribution

Posted: November 28, 2006 | Author: | Filed under: Business Development | Leave a comment

In the real estate business, three things matter more than anything: 1) location, 2) location and 3) location.

In consumer internet applications these three are: distribution, distribution and distribution. At least according to Reid Hoffmann, the founder of LinkedIn. Listen to him on Venture Voice, one of the best podcasts around.

Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

Posted: November 23, 2006 | Author: | Filed under: Rules of Life | Leave a comment

Man, I love this speech.

Read it here.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.

Steve Jobs is a wise man.

The telecom market finally changing

Posted: November 19, 2006 | Author: | Filed under: Business Development, Wireless | Leave a comment

Did you hear the noise last week? Felt the rumble in the ground? It was the sound of a gigantic market finally starting to move in the direction in which it actually has a future.

For those who missed it, the 3G operator 3 launched a series of applications and a new fixed price pricing model for wireless internet usage in the UK, called X-Series. That’s right. They’re tearing down the wall.

This could spark a change for the entire industry, unleashing the creative powers of entrepreneurs and innovators. Add to that how Sun is open sourcing mobile java and Motorola announcing a similar move and the industry might be heading for a perfect storm as the platforms are opened and the walled gardens are torn down.

The best you can do

Posted: November 8, 2006 | Author: | Filed under: Rules of Life | Leave a comment

The best you can do for yourself is to love your family, stay healthy and make a lot of money.

The best you can do for others is to spend the very same money.

Spend them on luxury.

Spend them on fun.

Spend them on traveling.

Or better yet, invest them in other peoples dreams so that someone else can love their family, stay healthy and make a lot of money too.

Just, please, don’t leave them in the bank where they will do no good.