This is the sixth-and-half post in a series applying Seth Godin’s rules of bootstrapping (see also here) to building a non-profit organisation. Scale and the Free Prize Inside We left… Read More »Bootstrapping the non-profit organisation Rule 6: Scale is not a Reward (2)
Here’s a great case study in doing it now and starting small from Fast Company founder Alan Webber. It’s about how Muhammad Yunus founded Grameen… Read More »Do it now, and start small
Imagine you are in charge of developing an artificial intelligence. Your AI has the ability to move into the world and mingle with human beings,… Read More »Intelligences
Hardware is important. Physical infrastructure like roads and the electrical grid, machines like drills, buses and computers, even your office space – all of this… Read More »Hardware / Software
Who pays for what can have a dramatic effect on your work. Infinite Demand If what you do is free, and enough people like it,… Read More »Who pays? (1)
Imagine someone else made a product very much like yours… No. Imagine that someone else was selling exactly your product, doing your thing, only slightly… Read More »Why you?
I liked the look of the pretzels. I fancied a coffee. There were a range of combination deals featuring pretzels and iced drinks, but none… Read More »Pretzel. Coffee.
The Future is here, it’s just not very evenly distributed. William Gibson There’s a second way to look at this. If looking at other places… Read More »Time Travel (2)
I ask each member of my team this question at the end of the ‘Any Other Business’ part of our meeting. I used to think… Read More »What can I do to make your job easier?
Note to self: what seems important to you from moment to moment often isn’t what’s most important. With your family; with friends and neighbours; with… Read More »Kindness