Business articles
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Good soldiers find wars - Career Advice for those Worried about AI
There are a lot of people still processing how LLMs are going to affect the future of work and generally the sentiment I am getting is somewhat negative. People are worried about their jobs - which I totally get
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Taking credit for the idea
Theres an old joke in business: So a manager shows up to work in a Ferrari. The engineer asks him how he was able to get a Ferrari. The manager says: 'You know Steve, if you work hard, put in the hours, stay focused... next year I might get another one.'
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Some Entrepreneurs just have a feel for it
I had a conversation with an executive who was trying to guide a full time Entrepreneur through some business nuances. He was asking this entrepreneur about their sales cycle time, funnel management, prospect/account attribution...
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Everyone has a boss
I had always expected to be an Entrepreneur. As an American, we are born into a world where your safety and health depends on having deep pockets when (*not if*) an emergency occurs.
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Best Practices are Dead. Long Live Best Practices.
Went down a rabbithole on the old web and I learned that 'Bloodletting' was a common medical procedure for the better part of 3000 years. I'm kind of spellbound by the duration- it was one hell of a lindy effect. Our first evidence of its use appeared in Egypt...
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Some thoughts about tech debt...
When I see people complaining about tech debt, I'm always curious to understand if they are actually talking about "tech debt" as described by Ward Cunningham or just normal corporate disfunction.
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5 Marbles
Did a corporate dinner with the team in Monterrey last year and it was a pretty standard event till about 3/4 through. Two of our executives were having a conversation and inadvertently drew the attention of the rest of of the group. Our CTO decided to open up to everyone what they were discussing and it turned out to be a nice little nugget of wisdom...
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Better Corporate Communication
Communication can be made more or less effective by working with or against Human biological limitations. To put it another way, the way you organize and provide your information can increase your throughput, retention, and utility of the information you are providing. Here are some strategies...
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Results and Context
Making a resume? Here are the only 2 things you need to do on your resume to be a finalist for whatever job you are after: 1. Don't suck. 2. Provide context and results - That means (gasp!) using numbers.
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Does your office have a library?
Let's get weird... here are some questions. These questions aren't special questions or specifically meant as only this set of questions... they are just questions that capture the spirit of 'pause and think on some stuff that you don't'. Fill in your own questions if you have better ones.
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The 5% Rule
...I learned a lot from that period, but one of the things I learned that I did not expect was what I now call my '5% rule.' No matter how kind, warm, thoughtful, amazing, cheerful, consistent, and perfect I treated people roughly 5% of them would just be terrible (yes, I have the numbers to back this)...
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All Companies are Fucked Up
Belts in Karate are ordered from white to black. This is of course a new invention. Originally, new colored belts were not given upon arbitrary levels of attainment, a white belt was given at the beginning of one's training and you just never washed it. Over the years...
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This is not normal
May 2022. For the last few weeks the stock market, bond market, VC markets, crypto-currencies, and anything else related to money has been taking an absolute nose dive. Tech stocks have in some cases lost upwards of 80% of their value. Inflation has been cranking at 7%-10% for the last year.
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Stop Breaking My Glasses
I worked at a tap house in college serving and bartending. It was a great job and I learned a lot of life lessons from the place. At one point, the management team made a decision to bring in 23oz glasses that we could sell as an upcharge to customers...
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The Lowest Common Denominator
From ~2009 to 2013 I talked to somewhere in the realm of ~13,000 to ~15,000 different people. I found that the concept of the lowest common denominator in human interaction is wrong... People aren't dumb...
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My Top 10 Money Rules
Money is a complex aspect of modern existence. This is my break down of how I think about money, and rules that others can use apply to their own lives
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How To Improve Your Luck
Understanding what luck is, and how to improve your chances of being successful
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Why aren't developers paid more?
It is possible that Software developers just might be underpaid.
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A Better Way to Hire People
Hiring shouldn't be about games, puzzles, or how well you speak... it should be about finding the people that are the best at doing the work
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Wedding Hacks
Some quick useful tricks, tips, and advice for weddings. Remember the quality of the marriage is inversely proportional to the amount of money spent on the wedding...
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MC Hammer and the Art of Negotiation
MC Hammer is actually known best for his series of poor business decisions, his rise to fame is a different story...
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?uestlove and Better Time Management
?uestlove could be one of the busiest people on the planet... what system does he use to manage his time?