Permissionless innovation brought us Uber and Airbnb. They’re both companies that didn’t ask regulators if they could start operating. They just made their platform and anticipated complaints from …
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Drawing Your Line
Last week I played the best basketball game of my life. Everything was working. I was getting steals, making baskets and finding open teammates. I ran myself silly and was ready to call it a day. …
The Right People
A lot of ideas could work IF you knew the right people. But you don't. Most of my ideas don't work because of this fact. So you have to factor that into the plan. Who do you know now and how could …
Guiding principles
Rob Siegfried didn’t grow his company to 550 employees by going wherever the wind blew him. He developed leadership principles. He knows what he stands for and can make sound decisions. I think we …
Baked in stories
If you watch Lloyd Squires stand next to the wood fired oven and hand-roll a bagel, I guarantee it will taste better. His bakery, Myer’s bagels, in Burlington is my favorite bagel. You don’t need any …
Breaking free
Your creativity wants to break free from rational thought, fear of failure and ego. But we’ve taught it to stop. We’ve slowly trained our creative thoughts to be “more realistic” to the point where we …