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by loladesoto 12y ago
“Do not allow me to forget you” ― Gabriel García Márquez (we won't forget you)
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3M futureLAB Students Build Tiny 3D Printed Mobile House for Millennials(inhabitat.com)
2 points by loladesoto 12y ago|0 comments
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Jeremy Rifkin on the Internet of Things(kqed.org)
2 points by loladesoto 12y ago|0 comments
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Those Who Lack Courage Cannot Behave With Integrity(notepad.thomasknoll.info)
5 points by loladesoto 12y ago|1 comments
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by loladesoto 13y ago
no comments? wow.
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by loladesoto 13y ago
be straight with your customers; never lie to a sales prospect. sales is not just about getting a deal done: each customer represents potential upsell and references. you lose those possibilities when you lie because the lie will generally
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by loladesoto 13y ago
you do not need a degree to be successful. what you need, above all, is hard work + determination. you will be asked to explain your lack of degree, however. so your best strategy is so lead a life so successful, that your story overcomes a
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The FAA Ordered This Beer Drone Delivery Service to Cease And Desist(smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by loladesoto 13y ago|1 comments
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by loladesoto 13y ago
In Silicon Valley, Men with advanced degrees earn 73% more than Women in the same industry and with the same degrees (according to Silicon Valley Index). this was shocking so i went to the source: http://www.siliconvalleycf.org
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by loladesoto 13y ago
The wartime CEO lets the war define the culture. —Ben Horowitz part of the war waged when running a startup is rejection: repeated, horrifying, relentless. there is no peace and the arrows fly. you can't always control your immediate r
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by loladesoto 13y ago
if it's never as bad as it seems: does this make a case for optimism or realism on a team? regardless, that's precisely why you need a cofounder who balances you. whether it's a different perspective, questioning some of your
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Need Money For Your Startup? Being An Attractive Male May Help(npr.org)
3 points by loladesoto 13y ago|1 comments
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by loladesoto 13y ago
my observation is that we also apologize more, speak up less, and negotiate less effectively (if at all). i teach 8 year-old girls how to code in my free time and one of the biggest challenges to their success is re-wiring them to believe i
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by loladesoto 13y ago
as a 3rd-generation minority female entrepreneur, i can attest to this. however, even with those powerful role models, i had (and have) to fight a fairly gruesome battle. fortunately, i am a warrior and don't really know any other way.
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by loladesoto 13y ago
right. the best long-term relationships have gone through stages of HALT, which is nothing more than exposing one's vulnerability. that's where a person's character resides. and people who manage to be honest, and generous an
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by loladesoto 13y ago
1. the best argument for funding talented women, is its inevitability. the smartest men understand this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQnDDKDiSy8 2. part of being a good entrepreneur is managing your own psychology. women
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by loladesoto 13y ago
tl;dr: look for integrity. some of the most brilliant hackers i know are rightfully afraid of going into business with the kind of "brilliant men" described in this article. just as non-technical founders benefit from learning to
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by loladesoto 13y ago
great essay. ime, the best programmers are equal part artist and hacker. but, the synthesis would be impossible to describe or even recognize by most non-programmers. and: conversations about their abandoned or unrealized projects are somet
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by loladesoto 13y ago
i set up a google voice # for sales and support inquiries, which gets routed to my cell phone. if anyone cares enough to want to speak with a company rep, as the CEO i'm more than happy to be that person. in fact i should be, for as lo
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by loladesoto 13y ago
it's a general article with fairly general tips. but this is simply what happens when you direct list-making at an ambiguous topic. although there was definitely some value there (templates are incredibly useful) i think a more interes
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by loladesoto 13y ago
authenticating via social media involves a very poor risk/reward ratio. i very rarely resort to it. until the [identity/trust/data] model changes, identity services sh/could do a much better job of explaining the benefit
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by loladesoto 13y ago
amazing conference. women lining the walls, sitting on the floor--all of us incredibly grateful to be there. female founders have more than our share of Sisyphian tasks; events like this give us the strength to keep going.
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Latinos In Tech Conference Preceding SXSW(kaporcenter.org)
1 points by loladesoto 13y ago|0 comments
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by loladesoto 13y ago
humble and beautiful.
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by loladesoto 13y ago
imo there are other ways to get students to crowdsource your content at no or low financial cost, just hustle (Yelp Elite). (in which case, maybe ping Mike Kim to ask about his experience running Yollege.) i'd pick one thing and do it
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by loladesoto 13y ago
can you clarify why granularity matters to your target customers over macro considerations like ranking, endowment, quality of dept'l programs? what did you learn from the 3 experiments you ran? why 297 schools? why not a few more pilo
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by loladesoto 13y ago
it's a good question to ponder but the 10 mins you spend pondering it are 10 mins you could be demoing and getting feedback. i'm serious. wow them with ugly. (tm)
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by loladesoto 13y ago
balance this: "If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late." - Reid Hoffman with this: "Make something customers actually want." - pg i once designed 20 screenshots of a
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by loladesoto 13y ago
if you like drawing living things (and you care about proportion, realistic renditions) studying the underlying musculoskeletal structure helps. i just try to capture something fleeting. i identify the most salient element and try to commun
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Is negotiation like chess?(bakercommunications.com)
1 points by loladesoto 13y ago|0 comments

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