Barry Schuler Talks About Steve Jobs and Denting The Universe
While we were at the Napa Valley Film Festival this past November, I had the opportunity to sit down the Barry Schuler, VC at Draper Fisher Jurvetson and former CEO of AOL, to talk about Steve Jobs and denting the universe.
Quit being so accommodating
I just read a fascinating article dug up by Mike Cane from a 1922 copy of The American Magazine, titled "Why I Quit Being So Accommodating."
As an accommodating person myself, I was immediately intrigued.
The Dent Podcast: Lee LeFever on Explanation
Lee LeFever is the founder of Common Craft and author of "The Art of Explanation," a book that dicsusses pretty much exactly what it says on the tin.
Steve Jobs: For Startups, Recruiting is "the most important job"
"I think it's the most important job. Assume you're by yourself in a startup and you want a partner. You'd take a lot of time finding the partner, right? He would be half of your company. "
Steve Jobs Agrees With Me: The World is Just People
Like any normal human with internet access these days, I occasionally go through the depths of YouTube looking for anything interesting. The other day I found a truly incredible video. The following clip of an interview with Steve Jobs where he enunciates a truth I've been realizing over the past few years
Managerial Mystique: Make Yourself Into a Visionary
I just finished reading a fascinating research paper co-authored by UCLA Associate Professor Maia Young, which begins to explore the reasons why some managers are considered charismatic and visionary, while others are not.
Who Influences the "Idea" Conference Leaders?
On a whim, we decided to see who the leading "Idea" conferences pay attention to on Twitter. Rather than focusing on who follows TED, Davos, the Aspen Ideas Festival, etc. We took a look at who they follow.
Denting the Universe as a Solo Founder
Ryan Carson, the CEO and sole founder of Treehouse wrote a post over the weekend titled “You can do it alone.”
The current popular belief among the startup community is that it’s necessary to have a co-founder in order to succeed. In my experience, this has not been true.
I Am A Convert: The Next Industrial Revolution
The personal computer revolution was arguably started by a now-famous electronics tinkering group called the Homebrew Computer Club. The transformational effects of the personal computer can hardly be overstated now, but at the time, the idea of a computer in your home — let alone your pocket — was bizarre future fiction.
What Drove Steve Jobs to Make a "Dent?" An Essay From 1776 May Have the Answer
In a PBS special circa 1986, Steve Jobs and his fledgling Next organization were profiled. One brief segment sure to stand out to those who've studied economics appears when Jobs waxes poetic on specialization, e.g. division of labor. It appears in the context of the question