First, they had to execute on building a great product. Next, they had to execute on building a great business. Finally, they had to execute on scaling, sustaining, and evolving a great business.
– Brad Feld in Note to entrepreneurs: Your idea is not special
Posts Tagged ‘ship’
Ideas vs Execution
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011Masterpieces
Saturday, April 30th, 2011Shipping isn’t focused on producing a masterpiece, but all masterpieces get shipped.
– Seth Godin
Resistance
Monday, March 14th, 2011I like my resistance because it tells me exactly what I should do. Anything that the resistance warns me against is what I do.
How to Beat Distraction and Create
Monday, November 15th, 2010If the problem is that these separate processes of creating, consuming and communicating get in the way of each other, the solution is obvious: we need to separate the processes. We need to create at different times than we consume and communicate.
– Focus
Except for this one thing
Monday, July 19th, 2010If it’s been done “except for this one thing” for days, there’s likely a design problem with that one thing.
Scarcity + Shipping
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Scarcity creates value. People pay extra for things that are hard to get, while things that have a surplus go cheap. That’s basic economics.
So, what’s scarce? The ability to ship.
– Seth Godin
Deadlines
Monday, June 7th, 2010Handing in work just a little bit early is a sure-fire way to tell a positive story and get the attention you seek.
– Seth Godin about Deadlines
What To Do with Your Millions
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Many people with jobs have a fantasy about all the amazing things they would do if they didn’t need to work. In reality, if they had the drive and commitment to do actually do those things, they wouldn’t let a job get in the way.
The point is that actually doing stuff is about a million times harder than just dreaming about it, which is why 99% of people wouldn’t actually do it even if money weren’t an issue.
Ship
Monday, May 31st, 2010Well said:
We don’t have a creativity shortage — we have a shipping shortage.
– Seth Godin
So here it is, please welcome the first blog post shipped here.
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