Insights and ideas
Explore thought-provoking perspectives from my long-running entrepreneurial blog.
The most important reason to ignore your parents
Fact: Your parents love you. They do not want you to be hurt. Having lived life, they will know
The difference between thinkers and doers
There are 2 extremes in life that you want to avoid. Extreme thinkers, and extreme doers. An extreme thinker
Jordan, a surreal place
Jordan is a surreal place. You’ll be driving along and the driver says, oh look, Jericho, 11,000 years old and the
Babies ain’t so bad
I’ve just finished “What to expect when no one is expecting”. Great read, mainly because it contradicts one
Super 15 rugby vs Silicon Valley tech
The Sharks are like Microsoft. Brute strength, no ideas. The Stormers are like Facebook. Lots of promise, no delivery.
7 reasons to PANIC about the future
Reading the papers and watching TV, its difficult to argue the future is rosy. Here are 7 reasons to panic:
A sense of entitlement isn’t always bad
There is a big difference between overconfidence and confidence. The former inevitably leads to failure, loneliness and public humiliation.
3 attributes of fast moving companies
“Information flow is dependent on quality of the connection and the capacity of the sender & receiver.” Professor Cesar Hidalgo,
Netflix and Spotify: The race to the bottom
I recently read that Spotify is about to launch a video streaming service and is getting into content. WTF?