Abdullah Anwar

Feb 01

“One of the really hard things to do as an entrepreneur is to not try and solve for too many problems at once. I’ve found it is one of the first things I end up talking to early stage entrepreneurs about (twice today, actually). And something I struggle with myself.”

“Try picking just one thing. Try making sure you will knock out of the park in the next 1, 2, or 3 months. It’s incredibly hard. But I think we all intuitively know it virtually never “all comes together” — it happens by simply, clearly, solving things one move at a time.”

” — http://nabeelhyatt.com/post/16880129002/startups-are-not-a-chess-game

Jan 28

“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.

” — http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204294504576615371783795248.html

“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.” — Dennis Crowley

Jan 25

Find a muse, work hard, be principled, & edit every detail: everything else takes care of itself.

— Jack Dorsey (@jack) March 6, 2011

(Source: gqspain, via halfadams)

Jan 24

“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.” — Michael Nunez (via nycdigital)

(Source: newyork.ibtimes.com, via nycdigital)

saucy:

Just because. 

saucy:

Just because. 

Jan 19

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Jan 15

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“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.

(via bijan)

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