Great Google Tech Talk by Steve Blank on the military origins of Silicon Valley.

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make … Continue reading «  »

“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face” – Ben Williams

This poem about an idling Ulysses by Alfred Tennyson brings to mind what might happen to an entrepreneur who sold his company and is now whittling away inside a large … Continue reading «  »

For the French speakers among you.

Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man

“Our friends’ happiness is the essence of friendship.” – Stephane Trano

I am a big fan of Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational. His amusing presentation at TED goes through some of the illustrations in the book. It’s scary how little (and … Continue reading «  »

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. – EB White

“The movement that built the first national democracy was not triggered by an uprising of the masses; nor was it led by intellectual theorists. It was led by entrepreneurial men … Continue reading «  »

“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, … Continue reading «  »

“I have stressed the fact that the beloved person is a substitute for the ideal ego. Two people who love each other are interchanging their ego ideals. That they love … Continue reading «  »

It is the formidable character of the species to routinely seek the improbable, the difficult, even the impossible, as a source of pleasure and self-justification. Who would try to write … Continue reading «  »