This week The McKinsey Quaterly asks: what does stimulating the creativity of animators have in common with developing new product ideas or technology breakthroughs? Apparently, a lot. In Innovation lessons from Pixar, McKinsey writes: Brad Bird makes his living fostering creativity. Academy Award-winning director (The Incredibles… Read More »
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VC Fred Wilson was interviewed by a reporter on Monday, on the topic of what makes an entrepreneur, and entrepreneur. Read his post, but these 3 exchanges in the Q&A make for a nice Thought for The Day: Q: What is entrepreneurship? A: It’s the art of… Read More »
Today we offer the latest edition in Larry Chiang’s long-running series on “Things They Don’t Teach You At Stanford Business School,” which he is turning into a book. (A list of Larry’s earlier posts is below.) This month’s installment is about how to build good… Read More »
Finding and retaining talent — true talent — is damn hard in a startup. Some bosses, whether consciously or subconsciously, want sycophantic workers. They would never tell you that, even with a few drinks in them at a bar, but their private, even autocratic styles,… Read More »
Editor’s Note: If you do, consider these four tips from contributor Ben Yoskovitz over at the Instigator Blog. Ben’s full post, The Challenge of Staying Focused in a Startup, was originally published on on April 8. Startups need to be laser-focused on what they’re trying to… Read More »
Editor’s Note: Regular contributor Steve Nielsen, sent us his 9 tips for how to use your brand effectively. Steve is also the founder of PartnerUp, an online community that matches founders to cofounders. Please read Steve’s post in its original format at The StartUp Blog. We all… Read More »
I’m a repeat founder and YCombinator groupie. I’m the wrong age group to apply to YCombinator, but I’ve still learned a lot from the incubator from afar — like, the virtues of micro-loans and “entre-sumers.” This is my story. More than a decade ago, for my… Read More »
