
Festina Lente Teaching @princeton Host @blitzscalingpod
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"CEO stands for Chief Energy Officer"
- @davidwkenny
This is exactly what @Sean_D_Kelly told us a few weeks ago
Blitzscaling Interview with David Kenny, CEO of Nielsen teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1vAGRvoaY…
If my university had a campus like @Princeton
I wouldn't have dropped out ;)
It's such an honor to be involved in this project at @Princeton
I suspect it's one of the most innovative and impactful initiatives from any philosophy department in the world
kellercenter.princeton.edu/s…
Julien retweeted
One of the reasons I podcast is that having @JulienNewman ask questions pulls out insights I hadn't explicitly expressed before!
My takeaways from this conversation with @chrisyeh
1) Data network effects exist
2) But they're rare
3) Don't wave this term around like a magic wand
4) Try to understand your actual business
My takeaways from this conversation with @chrisyeh
1) Data network effects exist
2) But they're rare
3) Don't wave this term around like a magic wand
4) Try to understand your actual business
Are data network effects bullshit? | Startup Advice from Chris Yeh teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1OwxWYgPa…
Julien retweeted
I'm excited to cohost the @blitzscalingpod tomorrow. We'll discuss how an @nytimes piece I wrote on the gift of aliveness relates to @reidhoffman and @chrisyeh's book #blitzscaling
Sign up here to ask questions on the livestream: youtube.com/watch?v=zHZmOImQ…
nytimes.com/2017/12/25/opini…
This somewhat reminds me of the Oscar Wilde quote: “True friends stab you in the front”
Being upfront, honest and explicit
Matters more than being always aligned
Things @So8res encourages you to say in conversation with him to maximize the quality of communication. I liked several of these.
WOW
Little Bird nominated for the international Diversify TV Award at MIPCOM in Cannes. (yay)
hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-…
This is the type of video which made Ruger famous
Check out the interview @BlitzscalingPod did with @rugerofficial
youtube.com/watch?v=QNUb5wsC…
"How do you make yourself findable by the right people?"
- @reidhoffman
This is likely THE thing to solve
If the right people can find you
Then you win
“It's not what we don't know that gets us in trouble. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so”
- Mark Twain
What do I know which just ain't so?
"Give as few orders as possible. Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject"
- Leto Atreides
One way in which I've been applying this is in my company culture deck
It used to have 6 entries
I shortened it to 3
Tomorrow! @moscotweets show is premiering on HBO Max
Congrats @moscotweets
I'll definitely watch
"I Ought, Therefore I Can"
- Kant
It's better to work on becoming a person who deserves things
Because that's how you get them












