Brunello Cucinelli and Humanistic Capitalism
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Topic
startups
A collection of 33 issues
Why I joined Lightspin
Today is my first day as VP Marketing at Lightspin and I am so excited to tell you about why I joined and what you can expect from me and the team.
Lightspin is making every stage of cloud security simple and accessible. Protecting your cloud shouldn't be
Writing memos
Memos are the litmus test of good thinking. The best business thinkers and
leaders are prolific writers. Emails, slide decks, meeting notes, memos and
plans - that is how business is done. That is how thinking is done.
One of my first jobs out of college was as a commercial
Community Building Tools
I recently wrote a guest blog post for Heavybit, the San Francisco-based
accelerator for developer and enterprise startups. I reposted the content here
but you can view the original content
[https://www.heavybit.com/library/blog/community-building-tools-hackerone/] on
the Heavybit blog. Enjoy!
In First Round Capital’s State of Startups
We are in the age of the hacker
Do you believe that? I know I do.
The 2018 Hacker Report by HackerOne
[https://info.hacker.one/2018-hacker-report/] highlights the hackers that make
the magic happen.
Our superheroes.
For the juicy stats: Check out the key findings on page 4.
Here’s a quick high-level recap of what to
Content Briefs
I was recently asked by a colleague if I had examples of a content brief that I
could share. Here's the copy of my email that I wrote responding to their
question...
Email Transcript 6/3/17
Hey [friend],
Sorry for the delayed response! [redacted personal statement].
Now,
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
[https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/managers-are-not-best-judge-creative-ideas]
, not to mention various
Why Facebook's New Marketplace is Not a Craigslist Killer
Today, Facebook announced
[http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/10/introducing-marketplace-buy-and-sell-with-your-local-community/]
they have rolled out a new product "Marketplace" with the tagline of "Buy and
Sell With Your Local Community".
This isn't an entirely new thing, as Wired wrote
[https://www.wired.com/2016/
So You Want To Start A Startup? Read This First
Fact: Two out of every three startups pivot drastically from their original
idea.
And many others fail.
If you ask most great startup founders, they probably had no idea what they were
building would become as big as it did.
And as the opening statement says, they likely shifted from
The Advantages of Building a Startup in a Smaller Tech Community
I'm a believer in startups. The opportunity, the economic advantages, the
inspiring founders. All of it.
While there's much to be said
[http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/09/civil-geeks-2-experts-explain-why-its-ok-for-startups-to-leave-hawaii/]
about companies moving from a smaller tech community (e.g., Honolulu), to a
bonafide tech hub (e.