Leadership
Steve Jobs in the 80′s
Steve Jobs: co-founder of Apple Computers, founder of NeXT, and co-founder of Pixar.
Here’s a Steve Job’s talk on the early days of Apple at the Computer History Museum in 1980. You can already tell that Job’s already has a strong vision of what the future is going to look like. Plus he looks like a hippie.
How to Build the Perfect Team
I’ve had a few interesting assignments since starting my MBA program.
Last week we were split into groups of 7 and given a hypothetical situation: our entire team had crash-landed on the moon and we had to hike 200 some miles to reach the mother ship. We could only carry 10 items with us. The goal was to come to a group consensus on what 10 items to bring and list them in priority order.
We were given a list of 15ish random items, such as: water, pistols, a raft, and parachute silk.
The kicker was that we were videotaped as we worked. The intent being that everyone would get critiqued on teamwork skills.
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Top 30 Startup Founder Blogs to Learn From
As part of my goal to one day build a successful company, I have turned to learning from others who are already doing it or who have done it before.
To help others interested in sharing this path, I compiled a list of the Top 30 Startup Founder Blogs that I’ve been following and learning from. The bloggers featured on this list are all current or recent startup founders. They all run non-company-related blogs and share nuggets of wisdom based on their personal experiences in the trenches.
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