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People Skills 101
In response to the Calacanis induced employee fiasco, I wanted to share several employer-employee lessons known well by each of the entrepreneurs advocating a life of workaholism. The points below are easily summarized through the following adage: Keep ‘em happy and Keep ‘em hungry. 1. Weak employees consume the majority of human - relations/management time. Focusing on the...
“Men don’t use their brains when it comes to something like this,” he said. “They think with a different part of their body and that part of the body, the level of brains, there are no relationship to the level of brains in the skull, unfortunately. And when people think with that organ of the body, they make these kind of really, really terrible mistakes.” Alan...
Paul Graham’s Six Principles for Making New Things Simple solutions to overlooked problems that actually need to be solved, and deliver them as informally as possible, starting with a very crude version 1, then iterating rapidly.
The Blogosphere on Work...
“If your start-up can only succeed by being a sweatshop, your idea is simply not good enough. Go back to the drawing board and come up with something better that can be implemented by whole people, not cogs.” David from 37 Signals “But, again, we’re talking about startups. Startups need people who will pour themselves into the work and, at least, be part of the team. If you want...
From the Lab of Nigel Tufnel...
Spinal Tap lead guitarist, Nigel Tufnel, spends his time away from music industriously creating next-generation consumer products (A little known fact revealed in The Return of Spinal Tap). “Tufnel is an avid inventor. He has a shed on his farm in Kent where he can tinker. In his “inventing shed” he came up with not only the amp that goes to eleven but the fold-able wine glass...
WatchFinally!!! Fast food junkies worldwide can enjoy delicious popcorn chicken and refreshing cola from the same container. I am able to die peacefully.
Mermaid Parade Boosted by Beneficial New York Laws
“The Mermaid parade is well-known for extraordinary marine costumes, and partial nudity. (This is not as surprising as it may sound, because it is legal in New York State for women to be topless in public, as long as this is not part of a business venture.) There are sections in the parade for vehicles of all kinds, for floats, for groups, and for individuals. Mermaids and sea creatures of...
