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“The reason why gamification is so hot is that most people’s jobs are really freaking boring….”
Gamification can motivate employees at many levels, especially blue collar workers, who as it is find their routine work redundant and boring.
Abdullah Anwar
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Don’t let people tell you your ideas won’t work. If you have a hunch that something will work, go build it. Ignore the haters.
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Find a muse, work hard, be principled, & edit every detail: everything else takes care of itself.
— Jack Dorsey (@jack) March 6, 2011
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Move over Wall Street. New Yorkers will be looking to the technology sector to provide jobs during 2012, at least, if office rental statistics are any indication.
(Source: newyork.ibtimes.com, via nycdigital)
Just because.
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Video. On December 8, 2011 I gave a talk at HackFwd Build 0.8 re: The Fab Story - from zero to hero in 9 months, 21 things we learned.
Jetlag included.
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Kickstarter - Designer Founders: stories by designers of tech startups
Join me in backing THE book for designers. This book is the equivalent of Founders at Work, a collection of interviews and stories of startup founder who are also great designers.
Tech focused Silicon Valley has always lauded the engineers. Now it’s time for the product designers to be celebrated. Afterall, doesn’t every product or website need to be designed?
Back it on Kickstarter.
While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.
Obama for America on SOPA
(via joshuanguyen)
Yes we can.
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Bijan Sabet: Some thoughts about patience in startup land
One of the hardest things about life in startups, whether you are an employee, founder or investor) is patience.
Few examples, recent and otherwise, worth sharing on this topic:
Hiring
One of our portoflio companies has been looking for an important executive for months. Some of the board…
