June 2013
3 posts
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Now is the time to stand up and talk, and be a hero.
Or not, and be complicit.
For my part, I don’t give a damn that Senator Feinstein and others in our government say that this is “called protecting America.”
It doesn’t, it’s Orwellian and it kills liberty and freedom on a scale never seen before. It’s not a way to stop terrorism. It IS terrorism.
The courts are allowing this. The government loves this. The only ones left to oppose it are us.
” —The most important issue of our time.
It is indeed time to stand up.
Triangulating On Truth – The Totalitarian State | Uncrunched
May 2013
2 posts
“This is just plain stupid; it violates the entire point of insurance and will result in people gaming the system. It tries to solve a problem by dealing with the symptom.”
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A Small Business Owner Explains the Hard Facts of Obamacare to Employees
h/t @jeffnolan
April 2013
3 posts
“You can’t blame everybody for a few radical lunatics with hatred in their hearts”
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Must read. h/t @toddsullivan
“At my first meeting with HubSpot, they told me about one of their customers, a company that used to spend $800,000 a year running newspaper ads but now spends $12,000 a year for a subscription to HubSpot and gets better results. My first thought was, “So you’re the bastards who are killing my industry.” My second thought was, “Hey, are you hiring?”
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Why I’ve Left the Media Business
huge hire for @Hubspot, best of luck @RealDanLyons
March 2013
3 posts
“Substance without swagger slows you down. But swagger without substance can be fatal. Right now, we’re seeing more swagger than ever—but it’s rarely accompanied by an increase in substance…”
—Seth’s Blog: Swagger
“The purpose of strategy—or business or business education—is not about coping with competition–i.e. a contest in which a winner is selected from among rivals. The purpose of business is to add value for customers and ultimately society.”
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Fascinating read.
What Killed Michael Porter’s Monitor Group? The One Force That Really Matters
February 2013
2 posts
“We believe putting customers first is the only reliable way to create lasting value for shareholders.”
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Lots of companies talk the talk, but Amazon delivers - and it works.
How Amazon Trained Its Investors to Behave - Justin Fox - Harvard Business Review
h/t @berkson0
January 2013
5 posts
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December 2012
4 posts
“The great lie of these last few years is that anyone can be a tech entrepreneur.”
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There’s nothing like a good Dan Lyons rant.
Let’s All Shed Tears For The Crappy Startups That Can’t Raise Any More Money
