October 2012
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“From looking at the time logs of extremely successful people, I’ve learned that...”
– Laura Vanderkam, speaking to the Washington Post, on how to be successful before breakfast.
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Happiness at Work: A Photo Safari of Culture at 10...
Many of the startup companies we work with have built incredible cultures and teams. Cultures that are quirky, fun-loving, hardworking, energetic and adventurous. Teams that are tight-knit, creative, dedicated and happy. While there are a thousand words we could use to describe the characteristics of each company’s culture, we all know what a picture is worth.
Photographs can tell you...
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“I’ve gotten better at the drudgery of real life, but I still suffer from bad...”
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Sarah Hepola, on the weight of to-do lists.
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How VHX is Leading the Self-Distribution...
VHX is bringing digital video distribution up to speed with this internet-fueled modern age, delivering DRM-free video, such as Aziz Ansari’s Dangerously Delicious and Indie Game: The Movie, directly to fans. Having launched as a social video community — a way to discover, share, and queue video for later — VHX could soon be seeing their distribution platform and consumption community interact in...
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Marc Andreessen's Productivity Trick to Feeling...
I’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon among productive people: they often overlook their own productivity. The more productive you are, the more likely you are to get down on yourself and think at the end of the day, “I wasn’t very productive today.”
Because ambitious people measure themselves by their progress towards achieving audacious goals, they often can’t...
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“Empirically, the way to do really big things seems to be to start with...”
– Paul Graham’s advice for startups, which applies to tackling challenges in general.
Start small, and then onward and forward to big things!
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The science behind why better energy management is...
We live in a culture that seems obsessed with being productive.
While increasing our output and doing more with our time is certainly an admirable goal, according to Tony Schwartz, author of Be Excellent at Anything, that misguided approach is actually liable to hurt your productivity.
How so?
Without real restoration and rejuvenation throughout the day, people (knowingly) hold themselves...
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“Trust yourself. If you are passionate about your idea you can do more than you...”
– Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, co-founders of Birchbox, giving the scoop at goop about starting your own business.
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How Wistia Builds Its Competitive Advantage
@allanbranch Yup, and we love it.
— Chris Savage (@csavage) September 18, 2012
Wistia provides super easy, distinctive video hosting, management, and marketing for businesses. We wanted to find out from co-founder and CEO, Chris Savage, how Wistia uses iDoneThis and why they love it.
In the past year, Wistia has gone through a growth spurt, doubling to a total of fifteen people. Chris wrote a...
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“How To Create Time:
1. Eliminate or reduce media
2. Work offline.
3. Do...”
– Read the full tips from Caterina Fake, not just on how to create time, but how to work with joy.
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“A growing body of research suggests that paying attention to the body clock, and...”
– Sue Shellenbarger explores The Peak Time for Everything for WSJ.
Some takeaways: Nap around 2pm. Tired times make for better open-ended thinking. And retweeting chances increase between 3-6 pm.
Circadian and natural rhythms, and thus peak times for doing stuff, depend on the individual. Read...
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“Stop planning to do that thing you want to do and just do it!”
– Felicia Day, Lifehacker, I’m Felicia Day, and This is How I Work
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How Any.DO Marks Getting In Sync as Done
Any.DO is an elegant task management application available for Android, iPhone, and the Chrome browser. While the app has received praise for its simplicity and ability to sync across platforms, the Tel Aviv-based startup found that it needed some management tools to synchronize itself, with one of its founders, Omer Perchik, relocating to San Francisco. Plus, the company, which started in 2010,...
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