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Lessons on leadership during extreme change from Jeffrey Immelt, former CEO of GE
I’ve recently made a commitment to read more, with a goal of one hour every day. Leaders such as Warren Buffett and Mark Cuban credit reading (and therefore, learning) every day as the biggest reason they’ve been successful. I also believe that, as an entrepreneur, reading is instrumental to improving because there is literally no…
Read MoreI walked into an Amazon Book Store and this is what I saw
This past weekend I was in New York for our 2nd 48in48 event there (here’s what that looked like), and while Adam and I were taking our kids to the Empire State Building, we had our first Amazon Book Store sighting. Its nuts that Amazon basically destroyed the brick-and-mortar book stores, and now is opening…
Read More48in48 NYC 2017 in Pictures
We just finished our 7th overall (!!!) and 2nd in New York City 48in48 event – where we build 48 nonprofit websites in 48 hours with 100+ volunteers – and it was incredible! Thank you to everyone who has supported this effort since Adam and I started it in 2015. Next year we start our…
Read MoreI love to be wrong when doubting would-be entrepreneurs
I talk to people who aspire to be entrepreneurs all the time. It’s hard to step off the ledge into entrepreneurship. There’s a tremendous amount of risk and uncertainty that comes with starting your own company. There are two things I tell people who talk to me about their interest in starting a company: #1…
Read MoreI’m reading the newspaper and paperback books…what’s happening to me?!
On the list of things I never thought would happen, I’m reading on paper these days. Paper! Like, from trees and stuff. I think its crazy that anyone, including me, is reading on paper in 2017. We have Kindles! And iPads! And I think Microsoft has things you can read on. And phones the size…
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