I stumbled on this, another example where strategy of all kinds is “the same at the top.” This is a list of principles created for WWI dogfighting by the teacher of the Red Baron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicta_Boelcke I find it really interesting…
Getting Out Of Bed
The title of a post on Tom Peter’ blog caught my eye: To Get Out of Bed. Or Not Get Out of Bed. That Is the Question. This was one of the earliest business lessons I learned. When I was…
Feedback, Iteration and Just Doing It
One of the reasons that startups are often able to innovate in ways that larger companies can’t, is because they can cut a smaller feedback loop. Large companies often take too long from noticing a problem to fixing it. Â And…
Learn to Be Lucky
Most entrepreneurs share a belief about fortune: that you make your own luck. This self-fulfilling prophesy is backed up by science. Keep moving. First, any successful entrepreneur will tell you that it’s all about doing things. And statistics tell us…
The Entrepreneur Life Cycle
The usual profile of an entrepreneur is of a young guy just out of college, but is that accurate? Male? In fact it’s the age of the woman entrepreneur, with increasing numbers of women becoming entrepreneurs and showing a high…
Vista and Ubuntu: Somebody’s Grown Up
As I write this, I’m installing Linux. The funny part about this is that I’m installing Linux on the same computer I’m working on. Using something called a “Live CD” I’m able to actually run Linux, complete with a web…