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Chip Conley • Chip Conley: Building Empires, Tackling Cancer, and Surfing the Liminal - The Tim Ferriss Show • Podcast Notes
Scott Heiferman, co-founder of Meetup, told us during a workshop, “people show up for the meetup but they come back for the people.”
Kai Elmer Sotto • Get Together: How to build a community with your people
The most important question any business leader could ever ask themselves – “What business are we in?”
- If you ask yourself this question ~5 times (without repeating answers, of course) it’s like an archaeological dig to figure out the true essence of your company
Chip Conley • Chip Conley: Building Empires, Tackling Cancer, and Surfing the Liminal - The Tim Ferriss Show • Podcast Notes
Our “small giants” approach optimized for mojo over growth. We wanted a small, talent-dense team with a focus on craft, autonomy, and quality of life for all team members. We banished the term “founder” in favor of “partner” and tried to be transparent with all business matters across the team.
We took some capital from investors in order to invest ... See more
We took some capital from investors in order to invest ... See more
Muse Retrospective
A Compulsive Search for the Most Interesting People with Patrick O'Shaughnessy - Compound Manual
Colossusmanual.withcompound.com
When you represent knowledge, opportunity, selflessness, and intimacy, you are not just a service provider or a product. You are fun, you are interesting, you are valuable; you take people places they have never been before, you show them books they have never heard of, you introduce them to people they never dreamed they would meet—in short, you a
... See moreGene Stone • Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends
Going back to how a lot of investors operate, it's very ego-driven. It's very driven by one personality or a bunch of lone wolves who happen to run in a pack, and I don't think that's how capital deployment should work. I genuinely believe we need a hive mind, and that's what we've done at Initialized.
Invest like the Best • Unwrapping the Gift
The Potential for AI to Restore Local Community Connectedness, The Bedrock of a Healthy Democracy — Digitalist Papers
Sarah Friardigitalistpapers.com