What the competitors don’t seem to understand is you cannot get people this smart to work this hard just for money. Jony is Obi-Wan. His team are Jedi whose nobility depends on the pursuit of greatness over profit, believing the latter will always follow the former, stubbornly passing up near-term good opportunities to pursue great ones in the distance.
Rare.
We aren’t looking for a plethora of good things to do. We are looking for our absolute highest point of contribution.
The cross sections of talent, market and passion.
Steve Jobs explains the rules for success (by jandafrique)
Two points of wisdom:
ON PASSION
… it’s the ones who love what they do, so they could persevere when it got really tough.
ON RECRUITING
You gotta be a really good talent scout. You need a team of great people… (to) build an organization that builds itself.
— Steven & William (via irenescloud9)
— Alexis Madrigal on Longshot (via: CJR’s “Q&A: Longshot co-founder Alexis Madrigal”)
A collection of links, inspirations as well as knowledge, thoughts, and hunches. Someday they'll have sex to produce insight.
Surprising Things Happen When You Watch 6 Fast and Furious Films in a Row
If I had to watch...
Did you know that there are over 380,000 children in the foster care system?...
one world trade center - dropping the spire in place. wow.
