January 2012
17 posts
“Innovation doesn’t support your existing business model; it disrupts it.”
– #SoCom12
“She stomps all over this marvelous city in 5-inch heels and would probably be...”
– @lilmissjenn
“The best business building ideas are borne when knowledge and inspiration work...”
– PG
“Even when we rehearse, we are still not ready for life’s grandest moments.”
– Grey’s Anatomy
Confidence in Numbers
Take Vegas, where the casinos have built a hugely profitable business model on seemingly tiny odds. The house advantage in blackjack is a mere 0.17% on a single-deck game But that 0.17% edge is all the house needs to make heaps of money over the long term. For women, a seemingly small delta could be equally powerful.
via HBR
speaktomysoul:
We’re all just looking for that one person who we don’t have to be always-on for. That one person who you’ll let your guard down for because you trust they’ll never give you a reason to put it back up. Or as in the words of Erik Magnuson, “I just want that one person who I can be a goof around with no judgement, only laughter.”
“It’s more interesting to have just a picture of a small detail - then you...”
– Dries Van Noten
“When you have the least time, it’s the best time to stop and think”
“It’s never too late, it’s never too bad, and you’re never too...”
– Bikram Choudhury
“My new years resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the...”
– Lady Gaga 2012
“Just like other CEOs, I worry about innovation, and whether we are doing it fast...”
– Social Media for the Enterprise
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live” and in many ways brands that are...”
– Joan Didion
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next...”
– @sarah
“Dwell comfortably in the midst of profound uncertainty.”
– John Keats
December 2011
17 posts
“As mobile becomes a key conduit through which people connect with each other and...”
– All Roads Lead to Mobile
“If employees don’t buy into a strategy, it’s doomed to failure from the start....”
– Should You Hire for Skill or Spirit
“A true man does not need to romance a different girl every night, a true man...”
– Ana Alas
“First learn much, and then seek to understand it profoundly.”
– Talmud
“One changes from day to day, and… after a few years have passed one has...”
– George Sand (via georgegsmithjr)
“Passion is always interesting”
– Penelope Trunk on asking questions
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself, you’ll understand what little...”
– Ben Franklin
“Create, iterate, learn and scale”
– General Mills Digital Innovation Philosphy
“Still love her?
CB: I can’t imagine the day I won’t”
– Gossip Girl
“We are all bike riders falling 100 times in a day”
– Penelope Trunk
“Try to lift your viewpoint out of the tired old social technology dichotomy...”
– Social 2012 is Web 2000
November 2011
10 posts
“Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty.”
– John Finley
“The Greeks don’t write obituaries when a man dies. They only ask one question,...”
– Serendipity (via speaktomysoul)
“You have to approach the sell like jujitsu. You need to work with the your...”
– Idea Drunk
“The only secret to success I know: Work all of the time. But only because you...”
“And anyway, if you don’t make bold moves, you don’t get fucking...”
– @Borthwick
“Friendship isn’t about who came first and who you’ve known the...”
– @chiefy_crooks
Advice From the Oldest Americans →
speaktomysoul:
Choose happiness. Everyday. Life is in the now. In the today. Not in the future plans you think you have.
October 2011
14 posts
“Think Globally, Act Locally”
– Mobile Apps
“You don’t love a woman because she is beautiful, she is beautiful because...”
“Missing someone isn’t about how long it has been since you have seen them or the...”
“Tomorrow is one of those rare days in your life that have the potential to be...”
– @robsaker
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
– Susan Sontag
“Forget about ‘first-mover advantage’, the advantage you should think...”
– @wynnwu