
![]() Recent news is all about Goldman
————– Two quotes from Warren that I find worthwhile
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It seems to me that people just don’t like to be duped. Should we be able to expect more out of a name that is as prestigious as GS, sure, should we be disappointed when we are taken for a ride when we don’t do our own homework, sure. Is it criminal, no. Is it ethical … —————– This American Life, while obviously liberal in its politics, Ira Glass represents a pretty solid middle line report fairly consistently, and in a very engaging manner. This one was particularly insightful to me, and did much to help me understand the current issues being argued in the media. From the stories synopsis –
Give it a listen, I’d love to hear what you come out of it with. ——————– Calacanis is a great eccentric who is entertaining to read. He makes a great suggestion in light of all the recent drama, boycott Wall Street and put your money into innovation and startups. Invest in companies doing things that you like and believe in. In my own experience, my money has come back to me with better returns when investing in myself and young companies I believe in, versus what my IRA has done in the past 5 years. Some Jason quotes –
I support the idea of focusing in innovation and startups, but I wonder how much of an influx of cash it could support? Meaning if everyone shoved money into startups, billions of dollars even, is there enough good stuff going around to support the influx of cash, and sustain our GDP? I d’know, but I’d like to find out.
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![]() Andrew Warner did a great workshop entitled “Bootstrap like a missionary” where he talks about using missionary like passion and conviction to accelerate growth and build an audience. I had two main take-aways from the discussion, love to hear yours? Start with garbage If you wait till everything is perfect, you’ll circumvent the best way to build out your product. Start with a high level iteration, then let your customers/audience give you feedback and determine the direction of the product. The risk the other way is that you get the perfect (in your mind) product, you show it to your users, and they hate it. Don’t waste time, start with whatever you have and build it out as you can. You get position in the market as well. Force your audience to grow Find ways of positioning your product that will include others. Make me invite my friends. Put your logo in your emails, make it easy to share, etc. Tell your audience to tell their friends. If you don’t, they won’t ever think to do what you want them to do. Go watch it. Let me know what you think.
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