Interesting Authors questions

  • how to know if my ideas are any good.
  • how to think about design.
  • how to deal with failure.
  • when and how to start a business

// Company culture

Human nature doesn't changes, regardless of what you're building, where you live, how old you are, how wealthy or not.

A good mentor won't hand you the answers, but they will try to help you see your problem from a new perspective.

PART 1 - Build your self

chapter 1 : adulthood:

  • making a mistake is the best way not to make that mistake again, Do, fail, learn.

    • psychographics
    • branding
    • managers of process, of limits.

General magic was making incredible products but wasn't making product that would solve people's problem.

A company likely to make a substantial change in the status quo has the following characteristics:

  1. creating a product or service that is extremely new.

  2. The product should solve a problem that a lot of customers experience daily, there should be an existing large market.

  3. the novel company can deliver on the company vision--- not just within the product but also the infrastructure, platforms, and systems that support it.