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Don’t Fuck Up the Culture
Don’t Fuck Up the Culture
On Monday, October 21, 2013, I sent this letter to our entire team at Airbnb. I have decided to publish this in the event it is helpful to entrepreneurs building their cultures. Our next team meeting…
·medium.com·
Don’t Fuck Up the Culture
The Happiness Culture: Zappos Isn't a Company - It's a Mission - Fast Company
The Happiness Culture: Zappos Isn't a Company - It's a Mission - Fast Company
Tony Hsieh sold earthworms, greeting cards, and slices of pizza. Along the way, he never considered that a failed business meant he was a failure. Then, the guy who wore the same pair of shoes founded Zappos. Today, Tony says it's all about Happiness, and he's got the business to prove it.
·fastcompany.com·
The Happiness Culture: Zappos Isn't a Company - It's a Mission - Fast Company
LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs
LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs
At Greylock, my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time.
·reidhoffman.org·
LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs
Behavior Model
Behavior Model
How Human Behavior Works | Fogg Behavior Model
·behaviormodel.org·
Behavior Model
seriouspony.com - seriouspony Resources and Information.
seriouspony.com - seriouspony Resources and Information.
seriouspony.com is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, seriouspony.com has it all. We hope you find what you are searching for!
·seriouspony.com·
seriouspony.com - seriouspony Resources and Information.
Jeff Jordan, Author at Andreessen Horowitz
Jeff Jordan, Author at Andreessen Horowitz
Jeff Jordan is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he serves on the boards of Accolade (NASDAQ:ACCD), Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB), Codi, Incredible
·jeff.a16z.com·
Jeff Jordan, Author at Andreessen Horowitz
Does Slow Growth Equal Slow Death?
Does Slow Growth Equal Slow Death?
I always thought that expanding my business at a steady pace was a smart move. Now I worry that it could potentially kill us
·inc.com·
Does Slow Growth Equal Slow Death?
Stupid Apps and Changing the World
Stupid Apps and Changing the World
An article came out today in Businessweek about arrogance and Silicon Valley.  I thought it was good, but there was one more point I wanted to make.  People often accuse people in Silicon Valley...
·blog.samaltman.com·
Stupid Apps and Changing the World
Good and Bad Reasons to Become an Entrepreneur
Good and Bad Reasons to Become an Entrepreneur
Update (Sept 2014): I gave a talk on this topic during lecture 1 of Stanford’s CS 183B course. Check out the video if you’d like to hear more about deciding to become an entrepreneur. I’ve also added…
·medium.com·
Good and Bad Reasons to Become an Entrepreneur
Advice for ambitious 19 year olds
Advice for ambitious 19 year olds
“I’m an ambitious 19 year old, what should I do?”  I get asked this question fairly often, and I now have a lot of data on what works, so I thought I’d share my response. Usually, people are...
·blog.samaltman.com·
Advice for ambitious 19 year olds
How to Do Effective Research for Your Historical Novel - HobbyLark
How to Do Effective Research for Your Historical Novel - HobbyLark
A well-written historical novel has many hours of research behind it. Here are some tips on conducting such research, as well as points to consider when creating a story within a historical context.
·hobbylark.com·
How to Do Effective Research for Your Historical Novel - HobbyLark
The Public Domain Review
The Public Domain Review
Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.
·publicdomainreview.org·
The Public Domain Review
Radical Energy Abundance
Radical Energy Abundance
Originally published at Roots of Progress, based on this thread. Everyone knows the industrial revolution occurred centuries ago and involved steam engines. That was just the warm up. We are now a …
·caseyhandmer.wordpress.com·
Radical Energy Abundance
Petrarch's Love Sonnets
Petrarch's Love Sonnets
Francesco Petrarch and Laura de Sade likely never met or spoke, but Petrarch wrote hundreds of sonnets about her and to her... (essay by Christine Norvell)
·theimaginativeconservative.org·
Petrarch's Love Sonnets
LOVE CONSTANT BEYOND DEATH
LOVE CONSTANT BEYOND DEATH
From "America's Favorite Poems: The Favorite Poem Project Anthology," edited by Robert Pinksy and Maggie Dietz (W.W. Norton: 328 pp., $25)
·latimes.com·
LOVE CONSTANT BEYOND DEATH