The choice for the second Two-Bit Bio comes from a recent flight on Southwest Airlines, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary as one of the most successful airlines in history. The growth and success of Southwest wouldn’t have been possible without the guidance and leadership of Herb Kelleher, whom we’ll learn about here.
Herb Kelleher, [...]
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Two-Bit Bio #2: Herb Kelleher
Need money? Host a group buy with fundable!
Sure, it might sound like charity at first, but it’s all in how you angle it. Fundable is a new site that facilitates group fundraising for whatever purpose you might have in mind. Some standard examples:
Personal projects
Non-profit organizations
Group purchases (to get volume discount)
Group trips and outings
These are all fine, but how about using [...]
Learning from the Art of the Start
Guy Kawasaki just posted an MP3 recording from an event known as the Art of the Start, where well-known venture capitalists from Silicon Valley gather to discuss the business environment for startups and strategies for raising capital in various market sectors. You can download it here.
The recording lasts an hour and can be a [...]
Practice makes perfect. Really.
A recent article in the New York Times by the acclaimed authors of Freakonomics(reading it now, I’m really enjoying it) casts an inquisitive eye on how elite levels of performance are achieved in a diverse range of areas from sports to music. While today’s mass media likes to tell the story of superstars unleashing [...]
How to actually work when you’re “working from home”
While browsing Lifehacker I found this AllBusiness blog post about a topic near and dear to our hearts: how to work from home. One of the biggest adjustments I had to make after leaving Microsoft 3 months ago was adapting to the drastic change in my work environment. Making your home a place of productivity [...]
