Distribution, distribution, distribution
Posted: November 28, 2006 Filed under: Business Development Leave a commentIn 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 Filed under: Rules of Life Leave a commentMan, 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 Filed under: Business Development, Wireless Leave a commentDid 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 Filed under: Rules of Life Leave a commentThe 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.
Rules of Life: you are the gatekeeper
Posted: October 27, 2006 Filed under: Rules of Life Leave a commentFavourite quote from the Jack Black-movie Nacho Libre: “I am the gatekeeper of my own destiny.”
Corny, but true.
Second favourite quote is Jack singing:
“I ate some bugs, I ate some grass, I used my hand, to wipe my tears.”
Saying it twice
Posted: October 26, 2006 Filed under: Observation Leave a comment
Just in case you miss it the first time.
Rules of life: live light
Posted: October 26, 2006 Filed under: Rules of Life Leave a commentSome words I heard at the latest Bloggforum has stuck with me. A man was asked about the favourite books he owned. He answered saying that he prefers to live light, with basically nothing more than a suitcase. Being able to move without the hassle of bringing all his possessions was more important than collecting books.
So true.
Freedom is not being able to buy whatever you want.
Freedom is being able to do whatever you want.
In fact, the more you own, the less free you are. Possessions are inertia.
Live light. Be free.
Rules of life: what matters in a person?
Posted: October 26, 2006 Filed under: Rules of Life Leave a commentDon’t value a person based on how smart she is.
Don’t value a person based on how good she looks.
Don’t value a person based on how much money she has.
Value a person based on the positive change she makes.
A resting place or a table?
Posted: September 27, 2006 Filed under: Observation Leave a comment
It’s a resting place. It’s a table. It’s a trashcan. The floor of the city.
The creation of a market
Posted: July 25, 2006 Filed under: Observation Leave a comment
How is a marketplace created? What does it take for two people to start a conversation about buying or selling an object? (Markets are conversations, right?) Blankets on the ground? Objects on the blankets? Price tags?
Do we change our state of mind when we enter a marketplace?
The picture is from a flea market for children last summer. The market opened in the morning and closed late in the afternoon.
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