Posts filed under “Highly Recommended”
What I struggle with every day…
Seth Godin truly nailed it on the head today with a short blog post titled “In and out“. That’s one of the most important decisions you’ll make today. How much time and effort should be spent on intake, on inbound messages, on absorbing data… and how much time and effort should be invested in output, [...]
The Checklist Manifesto – A hugely important book
Back in 2007 I read a fascinating article called “The Checklist” written by Dr. Atul Gawande in the New Yorker. Atul Gawande is a practicing surgeon, MacArthur Fellow, Rhodes Scholar and professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. The article described how a doctor convinced a group of hospitals in Michigan [...]
A Marc Andreessen blog archive
I noticed a few weeks ago that Marc Andreessen had deleted virtually everything off his blog. The only thing that’s left is the post announcing the formation of his VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz. I’ve been such a huge fan of Marc’s writing, and hated to see so many brilliant and incredibly helpful posts lost. So [...]
A tale of two (entrepreneurial) cities
I got my bachelor’s degree (Aerospace Engineering) from the University of Michigan, which is located in the lovely town of Ann Arbor, Michigan (about a 45 minute drive from Detroit). As one of the top research universities in the US, the greater Ann Arbor area is home to major R&D facilities and company headquarters from [...]
Copying Y Combinator – WHY and HOW
[UPDATE]- I’ve written an update 1.5 years later on the original post: “Looking back – 1.5 years since ‘Copying Y Combinator’” Have you thought about starting a program like Y Combinator in your city? That doing so would not only build a startup ecosystem but would also bring a good financial return? I studied Y Combinator, [...]
Kevin Roberts & his challenges
Kevin Roberts, the CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, is also the CEO-in-Residence at Judge Business School. He came in to talk to us recently about Winning with an MBA, which was particularly useful considering the somewhat dismal job market that we’ll be entering later this year. First off, he’s really an incredible speaker. His staff [...]
Meeting Michael van Swaaij, Chairman (and former CEO) of Skype
On Monday this week our MBA class had the opportunity to hear Michael van Swaaij speak to our class. He is the current Chairman of Skype, having previously served as CEO of Skype and Chief Strategy Officer (amongst other roles) at eBay. First of all, I have to say that he was a fantastic speaker. [...]
UPDATE: Keynote to YouTube and keeping cool transitions
i made a step by step series of screenshots here of these notes here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7601158/Uploading-Key… and http://www.slideshare.net/joshuascottpaul/uploa… Originally posted as a comment by joshuascottpaul on Jed Christiansen’s Blog using Disqus. A little over a year ago I had been having some problems uploading Keynote presentations (slides and audio) to YouTube and keeping some of the [...]