If you want to have a better future, stop trying to have a better past.
Don’t let your past haunt you. I’m a fairly positive and forward-thinking person. But hiccups along the way usually involve dwelling too much on the mistakes of my past and trying to remedy and re-remedy them. Even though most of the time they’ve already been dealt with. We’ve all been told that mistakes are helpful, […]
Should you Give Startup Advice [Flowchart] by @ValerieRose
I stumbled into this flowchart by Valerie Coffman, an entrepreneur and data scientist who wrote a blog post “Should you Give Startup Advice” — Valerie says “Clearly, there is widespread confusion on who needs to STFU and who should share their pearls of startup wisdom. To correct this issue, I’ve created the following handy flowchart”. […]
Nilofer Merchant | Scaling a Startup in the Social Era @ thinkspace
Nilofer Merchant, Harvard Press author of “11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era”, A TED Speaker, and former CEO of Rubicon. Nilofer has launched more than 100 products that have netted $18 billion dollars… and Nilofer will be speaking at thinkspace tonight! Nilofer is a very important person to me as are her […]
thinkspace’s reKode: Rakel Sölvadóttir Teaches Kids to Code!
thinkspace’s reKode teaches children, teenagers, and teachers how to code!
I’m afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
I’ve tried my hand at time management. Which I’m okay at. But at times, I still busy myself and over commit to things. Part of me really likes being busy. And another part of me has a hard time saying “no.” And I know, I know…saying “yes” to one thing means saying “no” to something […]
Erin Burchfield, CEO of NQuiry to speak at thinkspace Seattle | Hackers and Founders
Erin Burchfield (CEO) and Teagen Densmore, will demo Loop, their Social polling app which recently raised $450K. Erin and Teagen’s app that gives you feedback on questions, whether it’s to an entire network of people or just a few friends. I’ve been using this app regularly for about three weeks now and when ever I […]
Inside startups with Founders Less Than Three: Speaker – Halley Suitt Tucker
You know when someone jokes that they have “done it all?” Halley Suitt Tucker could put Chief Everything Officer on her business card. Halley is currently living in Boston and writes for a living. You name it she writes it. Halley has been blogging for 10 years, went through Techstars, and is now writing books! Halley is also CEO of BoOkBoX, and […]
Don't miss out on the parade.
The other day I was talking about my two nephews (ages 2 and 4) with my mom (age omitted at the request of my momma), and I asked her “Do you think that they will carry on their current personality into adulthood?” My mom recalled that when I was a kid, I was extremely shy […]
Work/Life Integration: Where Relationships are King
A famous African proverb states, “if you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far, go together.” This proverb captures how important relationships are to getting things done. Relationships are at the core of all the activities that bring value to our work and our lives. Many times, relationships overlap in […]
In Remembrance.
From day one of finding out that she had stage four colon cancer, Shonda McCarty Kearns was a cancer survivor…not a cancer victim. Her survival skills were her optimistic and faithful perspective paired with her contagious spunk and spirit. When asked how she was feeling, Shonda would respond by saying “I’m at 100%, except for this […]