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I just finished reading Michael Holley's War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team and Reed Hastings' 2009 presentation on Netflix's culture. Both are full of great ideas on leadership, and as I read them I was struck
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I was reminded tonight how difficult it will be for Google+ to overtake Facebook. The advantages Google has, with platforms like gmail, youtube, and google.com integrating into G+ will certainly help; but the network effect of Facebook's popularity makes such a high barrier to entry. I don&
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I'm a huge fan of audiobooks, especially listening to them on my iPhone through bluetooth while driving. Here's the process I use to load them into iTunes so my iPhone treats them as audiobook files and not music: 1. Open iTunes on your computer 2. Insert
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I recently finished reading The Phoenix Project, which was a great read. It's a fictional story that teaches DevOps (the intersection of the worlds of software development and application operations), and is actually much more fun to read than you'd expect based on that topic. The
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I continue to see the concepts (said in many different ways) in my life and in what I'm reading and listening, so I thought I'd reflect on them in front of the internet: 1. Objectives - Define what's actually important (goals, passions, values, etc.
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- Mark Twain I read 2 great blog posts recently that make great points about the need for simplicity in designing a brand (relevant both to professional development (personal brand) and strategically growing a business). * HBR blog post "The disciplined pursuit of less" http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/
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Below is a recent post from: http://www.halfaker.com/cto-mike-king-discusses-the-agile-framework A Focused and Collaborative Approach Produces Powerful Results for Clients: CTO, Mike King, Discusses the Agile Framework November 01, 2012 As Halfaker and Associates Chief Technology Officer, Mike King’s business growth leadership has focused on delivering tailored technologies
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On Monday (Nov 5), right before the election, there was a great demo day for Acceleprise, which is a 4 month Enterprise technology accelerator right here in DC. The event was in iStrategyLab's new office space (nice space!). Some of the highlights from the demos were: * ExecOnline -
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I had a great time at tonight's TechCocktail DC (http://tech.co/event/tech-cocktails-dc-mixer-startup-showcase#.UBG3E7Se6Ag) -- here's my rundown (as if anyone cared): * ProspectSnap * Speek - Neat idea for telecon's, though I don't see companies buying into this shift * Distil Inc. -
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I am continually impressed with the startup community that is growing so fast out in Chicago. I was there last week for some (intense and awesome) meetings, and while in town I dropped by Code Academy (codeacademy.org, not to be confused with codecademy.com) to check in since I
books
I recently read Education of Millionaires, which wasn't about at all what I expected but turned out to be a great read. It was a mix of: * Inspirational stories about people who created great lifestyles, often through startup companies, without impressive academic credentials * Identification of key skills to
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Now that I'm out of my twenties, I feel equipped to actually offer advice and I've been recently skimming Ramit Setih's personal finance book I Will Teach You to be Rich (under $3 on Kindle), which is packed with great advice. I feel fortunate