February 2012
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social shopping 2012
I’ve seen this phrase thrown around a lot, and more often than not it means clicking a “Like” widget next to a product, or posting that you just purchased something into your Facebook news feed.
Etsy took a stab at gift recommendations for Friends which actually seemed logical and useful. Gift giving is typically a more serendipitous activity than shopping for clothing — but not always. ...
January 2012
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No thanks StyleMint
I had signed up for StyleMint (a “club of the month” type of clothing company) where you get to select a shirt each month for $29.99 and get it sent to you in the mail. First month, I signed up, selected my shirt and received it. I wasn’t thoroughly excited or impressed with the shirt, but wanted to test out the service as I’m fascinated by these mass-style subscription services.
Next...
December 2011
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November 2011
4 posts
“Everyone gets to participate in the sunlight”
– S. Jobs regarding the new office building.
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Yo-Yo Ma: Elgar Cello Concerto, 1st mvmt
"dream a little bigger, dariling"
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social shopping
Social shopping:
The breadcrumb trail of my friends: I want to know what my friends bought when I’m looking for something specific. I care much less about what they bought in “real time” the trail of intrigue begins when I know I need something, or want to discover…at that point, a history of what others I care about would become relevant to me.
The act of online shopping at the same time as...
September 2011
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pro-tip: a laptop bag doesn't have to be a laptop...
In response to Mashable’s ” 10 unique laptop bags for the fashionable techie” I’d like to propose that you limit yourself if you stick to the obvious when it comes to bags for your laptop. I carry that laptop back and forth everywhere…so I get it. Here’s the thing, most of the obvious options are no good. Ladies, think outside the box on this one, your choices...
July 2011
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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
“There it is, they’d say, over and over, as if the repetition itself were an act of poise, a balance between crazy and almost crazy, knowing without going. There it is, which meant be cool, let it ride, because oh yeah, man, you can’t change what can’t be changed, there it is, there it absolutely and positively and fucking well is.
They were tough.
They carried all the...
June 2011
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startup vs corporate ... specialize more...
In corporations, as you move up the ladder, you get more and more general. Your goal is to specialize less, and manage more. In startups, it’s the reverse. The goal is to get more and more specialized in your role.
At the beginning, the team must all be generalist. I was (…am?) the product manager, business development lead, marketing/pr, VP finance, HR, operations, and vision person. Simon does...
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Struggle Unknown
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared, he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force it body through the little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther.
The man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the...
May 2011
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Forms of Value
…”But according to Affluence Collaborative, this was a much lower priority for the wealthy. Their top reasons for following brands were due to a preexisting affinity for and a desire to be kept informed about the brand. The least-cited reason mentioned by all groups surveyed was to be entertained, suggesting that social media marketers still need to provide fans with value, even if it...
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April 2011
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Well, well, well. I've met my match.
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Support is...
Listening, really taking the time to listen and hear what a colleague or friend needs.
Sharing, with real information…not with general ideas and grand assumptions…the most helpful advice I’ve gotten is examples of real world scenarios. Spell-it-out-for me suggestions. I need answers not more “I think this” and “I think that”…I need “I know”.
Optimistic. There are enough critics. Be the person...
“First, they ignore you, then, they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you...”
– Gandhi (via suzannexie)
March 2011
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playing with html
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Trends I like
“social”: we did a focus group with high school girls and they had trouble distinguishing between facebook and the internet. the web is a social place. sharing is becoming as much of the event as the event itself. if you take a photo and don’t share it…did you really take the photo?
“real time”: leaders define expectations. as soon as you could get sports...
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"Pleasure disappoints, possibility...never"
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“The big shots are the little shots that just kept shooting”
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Fashion.
So i read this today and wanted to give my thoughts….
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/opinion/07Garelick.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
i found this article really disturbing and sad. I don’t like that she compared the fashion industry to the fascist dictatorship. i understand her points of reference and sure, you can make the analogy, but to consider the terror that existed in the...
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Why demos and conferences are great:
As an entrepreneur you feel like you might be too busy to attend
conferences/demo days… Which is probably true. But you’ve got to make
time for it. I attended a conference and demo yesterday (all in one day)
and what it does is it allows you to lift up from the ground floor for a
few hours. You get to taste bites of what others are thinking
about…what others think is important in their own...
January 2011
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PRESS’N IT.
Many folks over the past year have asked me about the press GTIO has received—Especially new startup founders…I wanted to share my two sense here. Hope it helps when thinking about getting some attention for your startup. 1. Entering contests: When you have a young startup, you have very little cash. You have to look for ways to kill two birds with one stone…what this translated to for us was: I...
December 2010
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Last Minute Type of Gal.
I am traveling back from a week in London and came to a realization about myself. I have transformed from a plan-everything-in-advance type of person to a last minute, do-it-all NOW person. This is solely due to the internet, and my iphone. In London, I did not have access to 3G network as I regularly do in New York. This meant a few things. Firstly, it meant paper maps. Secondly, it meant...
Business School and Minority Report
Back in my first year at bschool we were sitting in my section room in a Operations class. I was still a bit anxious about contributing in class… Were my comments any good? did I sound okay? smart? interesting? (soon realized I cared way more than anyone else about what i actually had to say…*good life lesson btw) Anyway, we were discussing something which i’m having trouble...
November 2010
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Recent Reads
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Rework
The Bonfires of the Vanities
View From The Front Row Interview with me →
I’ve told a lot of people about the Apollo 13 analogy but just in case you haven’t heard it. The nice people over at View From the Front Row came over and did an interview.
October 2010
4 posts
“All ignorance toboggans into know and trudges up to ignorance again: but...”
– E.E. Cummings
“Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak...”
Corner Office...
“Companies Need 4 Leadership Types-You very rarely find more than two of those personalities in one person” awh Paul, welcome to lean startup life.. http://nyti.ms/bMS250
September 2010
4 posts
Yes/No
I want to try a day where every answer to every question I get is either YES or NO. That’s all…no explanations, no banter, no bargaining, nuisances etc…
1. Hear the question…
2. Gut check (good, yes, i want it, OR yuck, bad, no i don’t want it)
3. Respond cleanly… simply: Yes. No.
“Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them...”
– Voltaire
it's coming... get excited...
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July 2010
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Doesn't get much better, or true.
Happy Days: True play may seem pointless-it is done for its own sake, because it’s fun- but ultimately it is useful.
For an evolutionary perspective, the smarter the animal, the more it plays. For humans, play reinvigorates not because it is down time, but because it gets us in touch with our core selves and the joy of life.
The difference in levels of playfulness when adulthood arrives validates...
Chutzpah
Chutzpah (pronounced /ˈhʊtspə/) is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad.
“The best entrepreneurs… aren’t fazed by the competition, nor do they see shadows in every corner.” http://venturehacks.com/articles/a-conflict-of-interests