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education

A collection of 6 issues

Peer Reviewed Startup Investing and Why Ben Stiller Thinks All Casting Directors Should be Fired

Auditions. They can be gamed. Some people are phenomenal at them. Other’s aren’t as good. Why not have other actors judge who should get the part? After all, peer-reviewed models have proven successful at Cirque du Soleil, not to mention various other industries. In the most recent episode

809 Words of Advice From a Persuasion Genius

Robert Cialdini wrote one of the most important books for marketers called Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion and it has sold over 3 million copies and been on best-seller lists and most-recommended resources for over three decades. Thirty-two years after his magnum opus, Robert's written a new book called Pre-Suasion

Why Designing For The Average Is Designing For No-One

Russell Allen Phillips, or Phil as his friends called him, was a B-24 pilot in the U.S. Army during World War 2. Phil is first from the left The distinguishing characteristic about Phil was his height. Some of the men called him "Sandblaster" because, said one pilot,

The Magic of Spending 22 Minutes On a Problem

I have a post-it note on the inside of my journal that just says "22". It's a reminder for me to persevere. I can't actually remember where I got the data point, but I believe I was listening to a podcast that discussed a research study. What they

My Top 10 List of Startup Podcasts

Of late, there has been a welcome resurgence of podcasts. I think this has to do with content quality and with an abundance of content available on the web - the good stuff will breakthrough (it's shocking but we produce as much content in bits and bytes in less than

The Importance of Startup Weekend Honolulu

Twice a year, Startup Weekend is hosted in Honolulu. It's always an awesome time and I've been blessed to be a part of it in some form or fashion for each of the last few years. If you're not familiar with Startup Weekend, it is a 54-hour event that includes