Browsing: Entrepreneurship

The thing about pressure | Seth’s Blog It doesn’t happen all at once. And it doesn’t work suddenly. A home pressure cooker doesn’t…

We talk about networks but we are rarely clear about what we mean. A specific sort of network is the grid, and even that idea is…

Status vs. goodness | Seth’s Blog It’s easy to come to the conclusion that people with means and high cultural status choose things…

“I’m applying to work at Disney, do you know anyone who can give me a reference…” “My two partners and I are planning a new company,…

Two kinds of confrontations | Seth’s Blog When we win by having someone else lose, we set up a conflict. It’s clear, direct…

Reciprocity | Seth’s Blog Our biggest commitments, the things we are most dedicated to, rarely pay us back in equal measure. That might…

Recalculating the cost of convenience | Seth’s Blog Convenience is seductive, and we trade precious things away for it all the time. Part…

“Because I said so” | Seth’s Blog This is the quickest and most direct way to manage. In the short run, compliance is…

Acceleration is felt, velocity is ignored | Seth’s Blog On an airplane, we notice even tiny changes in acceleration (including direction) but we’re…

Act now! | Seth’s Blog Start where you are. Start with what you’ve got. Start now. Now is the perfect moment. It only…