Your Pitch is Everything.
Ever start talking to someone about an idea that you hold dear to your heart, only to find that when you say it out loud it doesn’t come out *quite* the way you want? Your pitch is the difference between…
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You should learn more physics. Really.
What? Why would you want to teach quantum mechanics to your business? Why is it important to know anything about Physics? And ow. My brain hurts. (So really, it’s about seeing order in chaotic systems, and understanding that – at…
Automate the stuff you do all the time
If you’re in a job like mine (which is likely if you’re reading this), you type. A lot. In fact, you probably type most of your day away. Would it surprise you to know that much of the time, you’re…
An Online Elephant Never Forgets
I make lists. Top 10 lists, lists of things to do, and lists of things that I ought to do and haven’t gotten around to doing yet. Recently I started using Evernote – a cloud-based note-taking system available on my…
If you don’t launch the product, the kitten gets it!
Office kitten Originally uploaded by gregmeyer Sometimes, the world of the lean startup feels like the world as experienced by a kitten — everything’s exciting, we make big movements and try to catch every shiny thing that comes our way.…
What’s on your mobile device?
Your mobile life and what you can do in the rest of your life I’ve had an iPhone for almost a year, and am astonished at the changes that it’s made in my productivity. The main difference is that where…
Escaping the Echo Chamber
I’m headed this week for GlueCon in Denver, where I hope to escape the echo chamber and talk to potential customers, interested partners, and people just plain curious enough to listen. I’ll be talking about Gist, to be sure, but…
We should all ride more buses
We should all ride more buses. Seriously. Since I started riding the bus full time, I’ve had more time to read, been more responsive to email, and had some time back in my day to just watch the world go…
For creative tasks, use different incentives
In a great speech from TED global 2009, Daniel Pink discusses the issue of motivation and incentives. See the speech here: [youtube=] Pink describes the “candle problem” as a classic model of when incentives work and when they actually hinder…
Are you open to new ideas? 3 Ways to Make Sure.
Neon Open Sign Originally uploaded by gregmeyer Are you open to new ideas? Do you spend some of your time every day thinking about divergent or weird things? Have you challenged yourself to question the ways things are done lately?…
