Abdullah Anwar

"“One of the really hard things to do as an entrepreneur is to not try and solve for too many..."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:31:18 -0500

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“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.”

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

"“The reason why gamification is so hot is that most people’s jobs are really freaking..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:12:32 -0500

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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.

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- 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..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:56:05 -0500

“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

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

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:08:41 -0500

Find a muse, work hard, be principled, & edit every detail: everything else takes care of itself.
— Jack Dorsey (@jack) March 6, 2011

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:24:39 -0500

"Move over Wall Street. New Yorkers will be looking to the technology sector to provide jobs during..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:07:50 -0500

“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)

saucy: Just because.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:06:43 -0500

saucy:

Just because.

betashop: Video. On December 8, 2011 I gave a talk at HackFwd...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:28:50 -0500

betashop:

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.

Kickstarter - Designer Founders: stories by designers of tech startups

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:10:54 -0500

Kickstarter - Designer Founders: stories by designers of tech startups:

melissamiranda:

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..."

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:10:34 -0500

““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)

Bijan Sabet: Some thoughts about patience in startup land

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:39:59 -0500

Bijan Sabet: Some thoughts about patience in startup land:

bijan:

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…

Spotify Doesn't Sound So Great to Some Artists

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:56:19 -0500

Spotify Doesn't Sound So Great to Some Artists:

“There were a bunch of artists who wouldn’t sell music on iTunes when that first started, and now it’s standard,” he says. “The same thing will happen with Spotify.”

"Entrepreneurship requires balancing unbridled optimism with delusional foolishness. Most..."

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:37:29 -0500

“Entrepreneurship requires balancing unbridled optimism with delusional foolishness. Most entrepreneurs are mocked and misunderstood until they are wildly successful, at which point the chorus changes from “good luck with that ‘business’, pal” to “I always believed in ya, buddy!””

- Ashkan Karbasfrooshan article: http://m.techcrunch.com/2012/01/07/why-bootstrapping-over-rated/?icid=tc_home_art&

nycdigital: Mayor Bloomberg’s New Year’s resolution: learning...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:11:45 -0500

nycdigital:

Mayor Bloomberg’s New Year’s resolution: learning to code through Codecademy’s Code Year.

"i think programming is finally being seen as it should be - as the literacy of the 21st century"

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:08:01 -0500

“i think programming is finally being seen as it should be - as the literacy of the 21st century”

- Zach Sims

A VC: Some Thoughts On The Success Of Code Year
(via fred-wilson)

Doctors going broke

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:05:56 -0500

“Doctors list shrinking insurance reimbursements, changing regulations, rising business and drug costs among the factors preventing them from keeping their practices afloat….”

Healthcare needs a reboot from the ground up. A lot of opportunity for entrepreneurs.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/05/smallbusiness/doctors_broke/

Photo

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:02:25 -0500

NYC Digital: Everybody knows it. Tom Brady knows it (when he was racking up...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:59:43 -0500

NYC Digital: Everybody knows it. Tom Brady knows it (when he was racking up...:

nycdigital:

Everybody knows it. Tom Brady knows it (when he was racking up Lombardi Trophies in Boston, he was getting his mail here). Mark Zuckerberg may have said he’d rather start Facebook in Boston, but the reality of it is, he launched offices in New York City. Clemens, The Babe, and Boggs: they all…

Video

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:44:04 -0500

Stop Censorship!

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:42:00 -0500

“When ideas are blocked, information deleted, conversations stifled and people constrained in their choices, the Internet is diminished for all of us.. There isn’t an economic Internet and a social Internet and a political Internet. There’s just the Internet.”

- Hillary Clinton (United States Secretary of State)

Please visit:

http://americancensorship.org/posts/424/uncensor

and do you thing to protect the Internet!