January 2010
7 posts
Zodiac vs. Psychometrics
Like how girls are into horoscopes and zodiac stuff, I’m all into that psychometric personality type stuff… since it’s more ‘sciencey’ (in sounding at least). You should be able to tell more about a person with a Myers-Briggs test than their person’s birth date.
Or maybe because I’m a Leo with my rising sign also a Leo that was born in the year of the...
Mumbling and Tumblring thoughts on the new iPad...
I flick, tumbl, scrobble, digg, tweet, 4square, yelp and whatever else, pictures, video, music, text, reviews, links I can add to my social life stream on the web and into whatever www cloud.
With all that information about me you can probably predict when, where I deposit my next stool sample.
But think about it you can probably tell if I’ve been getting fat or not or even if I was dating...
Another Business Framework From Harvard Nerds and...
“I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I’m the decider, and I decide what is best.” - George Bush
I don’t know what’s more frustrating people who can’t decide or people who don’t allow the right people to decide or people who don’t listen to the right inputs when deciding?
Too often companies overrely on structural reorganization for strategic execution. ...
A Fist Pumpin Vietnam Version of Jersey Shore
I got this brilliant concept for a new reality TV Show. Jersey Shore meets America’s Top Model meets the Apprentice meets Beauty and the Geek; well maybe not that last one. You get a 4 bedroom house or apartment in Saigon, you fill it up with at least 6 people. Not just any people… models. From all around the world. Some Russians, sometimes Brazilians, point is get a mix of...
Putting Out Fires...
That’s all I seem to be doing these days. This week’s count is at 8 different interpersonal conflicts that I either have to sort out or mediate. Which means anybody who gets stuck hanging out with me has to hear my constant bitching.
My apologies to those good friends who are there to listen.
“bitch, be cool!” ~ samuel l. jackson, pulp fiction
I really don’t like to go to war with...
Cooperative vs Competitive, in Equilibrium or in...
I’m constantly having to run geek formulas to ensure that I don’t get fucked over and to make sure everybody is always cool with each other. Cool with each other means being in equilibrium.
The problem with doing business in Vietnam is not whether if somebody is going to try to fuck you over… it’s just a matter when and how bad. Add in the fact that legal framework and...
Five lighthearted reasons why VC's should not...
From A VC, Fred Destin:
We forget 50% of what we said at the last board
We don’t know the people inside the company and hence have no clue what the team can really execute
We meet many smart people and hence we have way too many ideas that you cannot possibly implement
We are focused on the 5 year vision, yet we are focused on the quarter too, even we are confused
We don’t need to...