I’m lucky enough not to have any allergies. But recently I developed one very strongly – NEGATIVE PEOPLE!
I cannot deal with negativity any more. It’s what’s killing the world. The winging, constant “I can’t” attitude instead of “can do”… seeing all the things that can go wrong first instead of what can go right. For the love of God , if you want nothing to go wrong then stay in bed and spare the rest of us the itch. Nothing can go wrong if you stay in bed can it ?! STAY ! continue reading »
Finding great product managers is one of the hardest roles to hire for in any company I find. Great product managers are often unemployable and become the entrepreneurs themselves. But not impossible. The below paper written by the acclaimed entrepreneur-turned-VC Ben Horowitz which is taught at Stanford is the best i’ve read so far that articulates the distinction between a good and a bad Product Manager. It’s a must read for any entrepreneur, CEO, recruitment professional or product managercontinue reading »
Warren Buffet was once asked by Jeff Bezos a long time friend of his: “you are the second richest man in the world and yet you have the simplest investment thesis. How come others didn’t follow this?” To which Warren Buffets responded: “because no one wants to get rich slowly”
In a nutshell that’s what’s wrong (or rather what’s not quite right) with a lot of the investment community today, from public markets to private equity investors and unfortunately it trickles down into too many companies. You can’t time-box success. You can’t sprint a marathon. And you can’t measure success with speed but only by the magnitude (and significance) of the end result. Building to flip is easy. Building to last is difficult and you cannot take short cuts.continue reading »
