the michael galpert experience

this right here is a lifetimes worth of knowledge

Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:34:31 -0400

this right here is a lifetimes worth of knowledge

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Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:55:12 -0500

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"Unfortunately, the harder it is for you to ask a question, the fewer questions you will ask."

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:16:22 -0500

“Unfortunately, the harder it is for you to ask a question, the fewer questions you will ask.”

- Michael Seibel

"The question is how to move faster to achieve our goals and reach bigger markets more quickly...."

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 03:05:56 -0400

“The question is how to move faster to achieve our goals and reach bigger markets more quickly. That’s not to say it’s all easy. But hard isn’t the focus. It’s not hard, it’s just hard work.”

- David Ulevitch

"On colocating teams: Placing all the functions required to meet performance objectives into..."

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 02:57:37 -0400

“On colocating teams:
Placing all the functions required to meet performance objectives into empowered, focused cells closes the time distances between the employees that must make the system work and shortens the feedback loops required for the cell to react to changing events. This type of organization eliminates the layers of management that previously provided coordination from a distance.”

- Competing Against Time by George Stalk Jr.

"We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change..."

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:33:47 -0500

“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.”

- Bill Gates, The Road Ahead

"Startups looking to disrupt other decades or century old industries should take note: be patient,..."

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:06:35 -0500

“Startups looking to disrupt other decades or century old industries should take note: be patient, get your business model and core user base right, and wait for the fundamental changes wrought by the Internet and mobile to come to you.”

- Ben Thompson

"MY FIVE DOS FOR GETTING BACK INTO THE GAME: 1. Do expect defeat. It’s a given when the stakes are..."

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:00:40 -0500

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MY FIVE DOS FOR GETTING BACK INTO THE GAME:

1. Do expect defeat. It’s a given when the stakes are high and the competition is working ferociously to beat you. If you’re surprised when it happens, you’re dreaming; dreamers don’t last long.

2. Do force yourself to stop looking backward and dwelling on the professional “train wreck” you have just been in. It’s mental quicksand.

3. Do allow yourself appropriate recovery—grieving—time. You’ve been knocked senseless; give yourself a little time to recuperate. A keyword here is “little.” Don’t let it drag on.

4. Do tell yourself, “I am going to stand and fight again,” with the knowledge that often when things are at their worst you’re closer than you can imagine to success. Our Super Bowl victory arrived less than sixteen months after my “train wreck” in Miami.

5. Do begin planning for your next serious encounter. The smallest steps—plans—move you forward on the road to recovery. Focus on the fix.

MY FIVE DON’TS:

1. Don’t ask, “Why me?”

2. Don’t expect sympathy.

3. Don’t bellyache.

4. Don’t keep accepting condolences.

5. Don’t blame others.

”

- Bill Walsh
The Score Takes Care of Itself

"The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more."

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:00:01 -0500

“The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.”

- Charlie Munger

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not..."

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:00:27 -0500

“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but 'That’s funny…’”

- Isaac Asimov

"Knowing whose advice to take and on what topic is the single most important decision an entrepreneur..."

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:00:11 -0500

“Knowing whose advice to take and on what topic is the single most important decision an entrepreneur can make.”

- Vinod Khosla

"All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions"

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:00:24 -0500

“All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions”

- Leonardo da Vinci

"William Blake once characterized the human journey as one that takes us from innocence to experience..."

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:04:32 -0400

“William Blake once characterized the human journey as one that takes us from innocence to experience to higher innocence.”

- The Republic of Tea: How an Idea Becomes a Business

"A business is a living thing, a confluence of energies, each of which wants to see its own..."

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:02:33 -0400

“A business is a living thing, a confluence of energies, each of which wants to see its own self-interest served first.”

- The Republic of Tea: How an Idea Becomes a Business

"the business had its own mind, a mind at least as strong as mine, and it was that mind, given to..."

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:01:48 -0400

“the business had its own mind, a mind at least as strong as mine, and it was that mind, given to needs other than mine, with which I frequently found myself clashing.”

- The Republic of Tea: How an Idea Becomes a Business

"creation is a projection of what already exists. What I am saying is that The Idea existed but had..."

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:01:01 -0400

“creation is a projection of what already exists. What I am saying is that The Idea existed but had not manifested”

- The Republic of Tea: How an Idea Becomes a Business

"The Source of an Idea was revealing itself to us in its as yet unborn state. Time and space..."

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:00:20 -0400

“The Source of an Idea was revealing itself to us in its as yet unborn state. Time and space reappeared seven hours later when we looked up and saw that the plane, on the ground in San Francisco, was empty. By then it was apparent The Idea had been born—in us”

- The Republic of Tea: How an Idea Becomes a Business

Amy Hoy, Don’t listen to Le Corbusier—or Jakob Nielsen

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:59:47 -0400

Amy Hoy, Don’t listen to Le Corbusier—or Jakob Nielsen:

stoweboyd:

Cheerful software, above all, honors the truth about humanity:
Humans are not rational beings.
A human is a walking sack of squishy meat and liquids, awash in chemicals.
We laugh. We cry. Sometimes we laugh while crying. We love, and hate, and dream about tomorrow while paying no attention to today. We do ridiculous things in pursuit of love or happiness or self-esteem. We sabotage ourselves. We see faces in inanimate objects, clouds, rock formations, and unevenly toasted bread. Then we sell them on eBay.
We pray to giant humans up in the sky. We think that a fly could be our grandmother. We work for free because we’re bored. We create art, dance, and sing even if we are starving. We give to others when we have little, or we give none when we have a lot, even if we gain no clear survival benefit either way.
RATIONALITY’S NOT ALL IT’S CRACKED UP TO BE
We can aspire to cold, pure logic—but our lives fall apart if we get there.
People who have had damage to the emotional centers of the brain can’t even decide which pair of shoes to wear. If you—with your intact brain—think harder about a choice, the chances go up that you will make one you regret.
This is what psychology and neuroscience tell us: the beauty and the rot is all mixed up. You can’t have a human without both.

"When I was a kid, my parents split up, and my mom was depressed most of the time. I spent a lot of..."

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:36:00 -0400

“When I was a kid, my parents split up, and my mom was depressed most of the time. I spent a lot of energy trying to get her to laugh, and when she did, for that moment, everything was fine. “Key & Peele” gave me a chance to play out the dynamics of my dysfunctional childhood with an audience of millions. And, for five years, everything was fine.”

- So Long, L’Carpetron: A Farewell to “Key & Peele” by JAY MARTEL

"Momentum is everything in a startup. If you have momentum, you can survive most other problems. If..."

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 14:43:17 -0400

“Momentum is everything in a startup. If you have momentum, you can survive most other problems. If you do not have momentum, nothing except getting momentum will solve your problems. Founders internalize this during YC; many seem to forget in the few years after YC. Burnout seems to almost always affect founders whose startups are not doing well, and then becomes a downward spiral. In fact, one of my top few startup commandments is “never let the company lose momentum”.”

- The Post-YC Slump - Sam Altman