December 2009
20 posts
“Just do what makes sense and let someone else connect the dots after the fact”
– My seatmate on my flight to PHL
“For the last three years, my conference business has been great. I ran it...”
“From a friend of mine who studies incentives -“Owning stock can make you...”
– A friend of mine who studies incentive comp for a living
“Build and invest in relationships before you need something.”
“you shouldn’t have more priorities than you have fingers on one hand.”
“By the time what you’re doing is obviously a good idea, it might be too...”
“Try as hard as they can, most people can’t treat sunk costs are truly...”
“The one skill which entrepreneurs need is something they don’t teach in business...”
– It’s All About Selling for Survival (via hiten)
“I never ceased to be amazed by the number of people deeply wedded to making sure...”
“if not you then who? if not now, then when?”
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want,...”
– Will Smith (via hiten)
“when pitching an idea, don’t bury the lead”
“in startup life and in politics, if you’re explaining, you’re losing”
Ignoring email
hiten:
hogbaysoftware:
I started ignoring most email this weekend, and now it’s stretched all the way into the middle of the week. On one hand it sucks because I’m not doing part of my job, and my inbox is a mess. On the other hand I’ve been getting tons of real work done. I don’t know what to think.