Jan 18
How to be Relentlessly Resourceful —
Relentlessly resourceful.
This is the essential quality of a good startup founder according to Paul
Graham, cofounder of Y Combinator. When asked by Forbes what he looks for in
founders, four out of the five elements [http://paulgraham.com/founders.html]
relate to resourcefulness. He’s written two essays (Relentlessly
Dec 21
Great By Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite it All —
Summary: Great by Choice describes the results of a deep investigation into how
young companies can survive and thrive in chaotic, turbulent environments to
achieve spectacular results. The book is of great value startups and
entrepreneurs seeking to build enduringly great companies. In this blog post, I
look at how
Sep 30
How to Give Your Product Personality —
There’s a really great post on Fred Wilson’s blog (AVC
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160320050249/http://avc.com/]) about building a “
Minimum Viable Personality
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160320050249/http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/09/minimum-viable-personality.html]
“. Of course, this is a play on
Jun 28
Getting Your Groove Back —
Photo byPim Chu
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onUnsplash
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Dear Friend,
How’s it going? Alright? You don’t look alright to me.
Jun 07
Taking Cold Showers —
This post is about why you might want to start taking cold showers.
I’ve been doing it for over a month now and I really like it.
The seed was planted in my mind afterreading an article about it
[http://gettingstronger.org/2010/03/cold-showers/]on a blog called
Mar 29
What Gymnastics Taught Me About Facing Fear —
Most competitive gymnasts would consider pain and fear our twin companions. I
certainly did. Gymnastics requires that athletes constantly challenge themselves
to do more, much more. Routines that were performed in the Olympics in 2000 are
being done by 15 year-olds in 2011. To learn new skills, you have to
Mar 15
What Gymnastics Taught Me About Acquiring and Mastering Skills —
In 1996, Men’s Health published an article
[https://web.archive.org/web/20161016033530/http://www.stickitmedia.com/mens-gymnastics-the-worlds-toughest-sport/]
where they used some ridiculous mathematical formula using variables such as
fitness, skill, pain, brains, etc to figure out the toughest sport in the world.
Gymnastics came up number one. Here’
Jan 19
How I Blew Out My Knee and Came Back to Win a National Championship —
On January 19th, 2007, while competing for Stanford Men’s Gymnastics at the UC Berkeley, I suffered a total knee dislocation while performing a double-twisting Yurchenko. My ACL, PCL, MCL, LCL and meniscus were instantly torn. It hurt a lot.
I underwent multiple surgeries, required the use of crutches for
Feb 27
The Dip —
I love Seth Godin’s books and his blog [http://sethgodin.typepad.com]. I think
he’s just incredibly good at articulating distinctly memorable ideas backed by
both data and stories in a way that we could all learn from.
Godin, more than just about anyone, understands both the power