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High-growth startups: Uber and CloudKitchens with Charles-Axel Dein

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:41:00 +0000

Check out this article: [High-growth startups: Uber and CloudKitchens with Charles-Axel Dein][1]

Great conversation on everything from hiring to project/product management to feature flags to continuous improvement and more

Note: Since this is an automatically created post there is no commentary on it other than any minimal notes I may have included. Read it and do your own critical thinking. I may get around to adding some/more of my own thoughts or categorizing it… but maybe not. Should the article be behind a paywall let me know and I will figure out a way to get it to you.[1]: https://pca.st/episode/74916dc7-8a08-4c5d-83df-93b02b5d2b64

Moments That Change Lives with Dan Heath

Wed, 09 May 2018 12:36:00 +0000

Love the idea of creating peak experiences. In fact, I’m reading the book now.

The EntreLeadership Podcast: #259: Dan Heath—Moments That Change Lives

Herding Tigers

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:31:00 +0000

Loved this Entreleadership podcast, and the book sounds like it could be interesting as well.

[243: Todd Henry—Be the Leader Creatives Need][1][1]: https://www.entreleadership.com/blog/podcasts/todd-henry-leading-creatives

Cousins Maine Lobster – Pushing Past Fear

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:56:00 +0000

Great episode on risk, entrepreneurship, and bootstrapping.

#257: Cousins Maine Lobster—Pushing Past Fear

It’s Your Ship

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:33:00 +0000

Just finished It’s Your Ship, and can’t recommend it highly enough! I haven’t read a book in a while that spoke to what I might call a “personal philosophy”, but this is about as close as it gets. Love the focus on feedback, fun, and treating people like responsible adults.

Leadership principles outline in the book:

Take command
Learn real leadership
Lead by example
Listen aggressively
Communicate purpose and meaning
Create a climate of trust
Look for results, not salutes
Take calculated risks
Go beyond standard procedure
Build up your people
Generate unity
Improve your people’s quality of life

The top business-killing habit: silos

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:57:00 +0000

And, this is applicable for more than just the sales and marketing teams if you ask me…

“Put everyone on as few systems as possible, discourage fiefdoms of data, and you’ll win far more than you’ll lose.”

[Read the full article here][1][1]: http://www.christopherspenn.com/2014/04/the-top-business-killing-habit-silos/

How to Run a Meeting Like Google

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:43:00 +0000

Lots of good ideas here on ways to run good meetings, and not just Google centric.

[Read the full article here][1][1]: https://www.getminute.com/how-to-run-a-meeting-like-google-apple-amazon-and-facebook/

Real Artists Don’t Starve

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:43:00 +0000

Like the reminder to charge what you’re worth. Also learned a little history lesson.

Ep. 303 – Jeff Goins: Real Artists Don’t Starve – Altucher Confidential

Coaching People to Their Possibilities

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:28:00 +0000

Wow! This was a great episode on setting expectations, following up, and coaching to success…

Podcasts Archive – The ONE Thing

Clarity on Your ONE Thing & Managing Your Time

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:40:00 +0000

For all my friends in education, esp the principals…

Podcasts Archive – The ONE Thing

Dr. Michael Gervais – The Mental Game, Part 1

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:35:00 +0000

Another good Entreleadership podcast…

#236: Dr. Michael Gervais—The Mental Game, Part 1

Why Motivating Others Starts With Using The Right Language

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:06:00 +0000

I’ve loved this since I read it. “I intend to”, “I just did”, and “I have been doing” are wonderful places to be, but take some time to get to. Still, like the article points out the leap from asking permission to stating your intent is probably the most crucial and beneficial.

Read the full article here

Kristen Hadeed – Learning to Lead

Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:18:00 +0000

I thought this was pretty good and she has an interesting story. Feel free to pick up a copy of the book too.

#238: Kristen Hadeed—Learning to Lead

Ray Dalio: Principles for Investing in a Meaningful Life (Tested Strategies from 1 of The World’s Wealthiest Investors)

Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Not sure why it isn’t listed on his website, but if you subscribe to his podcast you probably would have caught this.

Pain + Reflection = Progress

5 step process:
Identify Goals
Identify problems
Diagnose root cause
Design way around
Push through and execute design

Ep. 290 – Ray Dalio: Principles for Investing in a Meaningful Life (Tested Strategies from 1 of The World’s Wealthiest Investors)

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 13:08:00 +0000

Just finished “[The Hard Thing About Hard Things][1]” by Ben Horowitz who is probably best known as the Horowitz in “Andreessen Horowitz” – as in Marc Andreessen of Netscape fame. It was a quick read. Mostly targeted at CEOs, especially CEOs of tech startups, but still had some useful ideas and concepts for those of us not in that camp. I’ve pulled out a few of my favorites below.

If you’re going to eat $hit, don’t nibble
The customer only knows what she thinks she wants based on her experience with the current product. The innovator can take into account everything that’s possible
In any human interaction, the required amount of communication is inversely proportional to the level of trust.
Build a culture that rewards – not punishes – people for getting problems into the open where they can be solved.
When you expect your employees to act like adults, they generally do. If you treat them like children, then get ready for your company to turn into one big Barney episode.
Being too busy to train is the moral equivalent of being too hungry to eat.
Management purely by numbers is sort of like painting by numbers—it’s strictly for amateurs.
The Law of Crappy People states: For any title level in a large organization, the talent on that level will eventually converge to the crappiest person with the title.
Once an employee takes a public stance, the social pressure for him to be consistent is enormous.
Shock is a great mechanism for behavioral change.
Move fast and break things.
Perks are good, but they are not culture.
You want to optimize the organization for the people—for the people doing the work—not for the managers.
In life, everybody faces choices between doing what’s popular, easy, and wrong versus doing what’s lonely, difficult, and right.
How easy is it for any given individual contributor to get her job done?” In well-run organizations, people can focus on their work (as opposed to politics and bureaucratic procedures) and have confidence that if they get their work done, good things will happen both for the company and for them personally. By contrast, in a poorly run organization, people spend much of their time fighting organizational boundaries and broken processes.[1]: http://markjacobsen.net/book/hard-thing

Taking a Meeting – The Right Way and the Wrong Way

Sat, 23 Dec 2017 11:30:00 +0000

It’s worth listening to successful people…

Read the full article here

Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality (in 1 paragraph)

Sat, 16 Dec 2017 11:15:00 +0000

Wondering why so many of your tech savvy friends are up in arms about the repeal of Net Neutrality? Here’s my answer in 1 paragraph…

Nearly 40% of the US has only 1 “choice” for broadband internet because of legislated monopolies lobbied for by those same providers. If net neutrality is wiped out not only can your favorite services be negatively impacted (think Netflix raises prices because Comcast charges them more – or you start seeing buffering on Netflix because of throttling- yes, that happened pre 2015), but many of the Netflix’s, Facebook’s, and Googles of tomorrow will likely never see the light of day if they have to pay to play as they start to reach critical mass. If there was real competition and real choice, I would have no issue. But there is not, and that’s the problem.

…do I hope I’m wrong? Of course, but the real course of action should be to eliminate all legislated monopolies first so that competition can happen. Then, maybe, consider what is under way… but if you have any trust in ISPs to make your life better… well, could I interest you in a bridge?

We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads

Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:16:00 +0000

How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:59:00 +0000

Lessons Learned From 2 Years With Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

Sat, 04 Nov 2017 21:57:00 +0000

The ONE Thing – Ep 87 – Lessons Learned From 2 Years With Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

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How product managers and engineers at Asana develop great relationships

Thu, 02 Nov 2017 22:00:00 +0000

“PMs own the problems and Engineers own the solutions”
How product managers and engineers at Asana develop great relationships

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The EntreLeadership Podcast: #228: Donald Miller – How to Double Your Revenue

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 02:16:00 +0000

The EntreLeadership Podcast (#228: Donald Miller—How to Double Your Revenue):
The EntreLeadership Podcast: #228: Donald Miller—How to Double Your Revenue

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You’re Not Charging Enough. Charge More. End of Discussion. #1aDay

Fri, 09 May 2014 11:55:00 +0000

One of the top lessons that have recently come out of the ShankMinds Business Masterminds is that people simply don’t charge enough. And you probably don’t, either.

I know I have this problem too, but over time I’ve learned to charge more. I know what I do is valuable, and should be compensated accordingly. Read Peter’s post and see if you disagree.

Read the full article here