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- Variant Perceptions and Betting Against the Consensus
- I told [a summer intern] that ideally he should be able to tell me, in two minutes, four things: 1) the idea; 2) the consensus view; 3) his variant perception; and 4) a trigger event. No mean feat. In those instances where there was no variant perception -- that is,...
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Using Analogies: A Thinking Skill
- A good analogy does not just invoke some chance resemblance between the thing being explained and the thing introduced to explain it. It capitalizes on a deep similarity between the principles that govern the two things...A good analogy helps you think: the more you ponder it, the...
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- The Sole Survivor - Navy SEAL Story
- The Washington Post has an amazing interview / account of a Navy SEAL who was ambushed in Afghanistan by Taliban fighters a couple years ago. He was the only member of his team to survive. It's a moving story and well worth a quiet read.As we go about our daily,...
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Quotes of the Day
- Three assorted quotes.The first is from Caitlin Flanagan, a wonderfully zesty writer, who takes on MySpace and online predators in the latest Atlantic Monthly (subscribers only). Unlike so many failed attempts to capture this phenomenon, Flanagan opines with originality and humor.With the Internet, children are marching out intothe world every...
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- When a Book Changes Your Life, It Says More About You Than the Book
- I went bowling last week for first time in five years. As a friend and I waited for our lane, I was telling him about the book Chasing Daylight. A woman standing nearby overheard us and jumped in.This being San Francisco, the chances of her being a technology entrepreneur, venture...
- Blog posts 2007-06-10
- The 80 Percent Rule
- Matt Blumberg, CEO of ReturnPath, writes a great business blog called OnlyOnce.Yesterday he posted about The 80 Percent Rule (Not the 80/20 Rule).I believe it was Ronald Reagan who said about the Republican Party thatthere are a lot of people in it with a lot of different views, but thatas...
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- Who Said Publishing Is Dead?
- Otto Penzler has an amusing reflection in the New York Sun on last week's Book Expo of America at the Javits Center. I was there, and sympathize with all his emotions. The sheer scale was astounding: a gazillion publishers, authors, agents, and most of all, books! Who said the publishing...
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- The Best Haiku With "Start-Up"
- I've always loved haiku. And with my new interest in all things Japan, my interest in haiku has risen correspondingly. (Female sources also whisper from the shadows that poetry helps a man get in touch with his soft side?)The best haiku experiment I've done was for my birthday last year,...
- Blog posts 2007-05-27
- Heuristics and Biases: An Excellent Introduction
- My friend Elie Yudkowsky, an extraordinary thinker from the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, gave me a copy of his paper Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgment of global risks.It is the single best discussion of heuristics and biases within the framework of cognitive psychology I've read. I highly recommend you...
- Blog posts 2007-05-27
- A Guide to Psychology Blogs
- I love psychology. I love cognitive science. I think psychology is very relevant to business and a fantastic area of concentration for a college student interested in entrepreneurship or management.PsyBlog today posted part 1 of their Guide to Psychology Blogs. Their list includes Mind Hacks and Cognitive Daily, two feeds...
- Blog posts 2007-05-26
- How To Persuade Americans, Germans, Spaniards, and Chinese
- When asked to do something, Americans ask what's in it for them.Germans ask if the request complies with rules and regulations.Spaniards consider whether or not the person asking the favor is afriend. And Chinese consider the status and connections of therequester.- Yeh's summary of this interesting multi-cultural perspective on persuasion.
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Links from Around the Web and Book News
- Cheap shots, quick thoughts, bon mots: * Should a near death experience change your life? Cowen: "I say use the experience to rationalize a change you wanted to make anyway. Most people have less than perfect courage or willpower, but a near-death experience can ...
- Blog posts 2007-06-02
- The Importance of Weak Ties
- A weak tie for me is an email-only or phone-only relationship with someone. The weak ties in your network are important (and underrated). Virginia Postrel, in this Forbes article on networks, reminds us that people usually find jobs not through their close friends but through their weak ties. Excerpt:To...
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- The Value of Soft Assets
- Auren Hoffman posted his slides (pdf) from a recent SD Forum talk on the value of "soft assets" (knowledge, connections, etc).Its good stuff for anyone in business -- especially if youre young.
- Blog posts 2007-04-18
- Once Upon a Business...The Role of Storytelling in Leadership, Management, and Entrepreneurship
- The Silicon Valley Junto -- an intellectual discussion society that Chris and I run -- met a few weeks ago around the topic Once Upon a Business...The Role of Storytelling in Leadership, Management, and Entrepreneurship.David Cowan kicked it off with an oral telling of a story he recounted on his...
- Blog posts 2007-04-18
- The "Rich Get Richer" Effect
- Duncan Watts has a fascinating, brief piece in the NYT Magazine today about the "rich get richer" effect and how cultural mega-hits dont have much to do with many individuals independently liking a given song or book. Rather, the success of a successful book or song and the failure of...
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
- The Right Hand Man in a $20 B Corporation
- I just had a fun lunch with the Chief of Staff of the president of a $20 billion technology company. His job is help carry out the Presidents priorities across the massive organization. (We entrepreneurs have a hard time wrapping our heads around the sheer scale of such a business.)Im...
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Stay on the Q&A Offensive
- Listening to the taped version of my speech at the University of Arizona recently, I identified several moments during the Q&A where I could have done better.Reading this quickie with communications guru Michael Sheehan in Harvard Business Review (free), Im again reminded that I have spent far too much time...
- Blog posts 2007-04-08
- Wal-Mart Teaches Employees Self-Help
- Wal-Marts "Personal Sustainability Project" for employees, as reported in this NYT article, is fantastic. We all need to cultivate a sense of self-improvement -- we can improve our mind and body -- and I love how Wal-Mart is investing in programs to encourage this thinking among their massive employee pool....
- Blog posts 2007-04-07
- A Central Tension in Any Entrepreneurial Venture: Marrying Your Business But Also Keeping a Safe Distance
- Continuing my riff on the role of passion in decision making, heres a central tension in any entrepreneurial venture you dont hear talked about much:It demands complete emotional committment to be successful, but youre also told not to have your self-esteem / self-worth too invested in the success or failure...
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
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