Your job as the project entrepreneur…
… is to bring people to the project: to work on it, to fund it, and in one way or another to “buy” it. This… Read More »Your job as the project entrepreneur…
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Quiet, low cost, low noise, no-solder DIY air filter that keeps PM2.5s below 10 in a medium-sized bedroom
I’m in the process of building a manually controllable air filter using an Arduino and an SDS-11 particulate sensor. I wasn’t sure whether to be… Read More »Quiet, low cost, low noise, no-solder DIY air filter that keeps PM2.5s below 10 in a medium-sized bedroom
Not long ago; or, Little by little (6): New York Tenement, 1889
This photo of crowded living conditions in New York is from an interesting article by Theo Mackey Pollack in The American Conservative. See also: Little… Read More »Not long ago; or, Little by little (6): New York Tenement, 1889
Recommendation: Paul Romer on progress, economic growth and combinatorial innovation
To understand how persistent growth, even accelerating growth is possible, it helps to step back and ask where growth comes from. At the most basic… Read More »Recommendation: Paul Romer on progress, economic growth and combinatorial innovation
Efosa Ojomo (and Clayton Christensen) on market-creating innovation and overcoming barriers to consumption (2)
I’m still a bit sketchy on how market creating innovations are qualitatively different from sustaining and efficiency innovation, but these ideas are important. Highly recommended.… Read More »Efosa Ojomo (and Clayton Christensen) on market-creating innovation and overcoming barriers to consumption (2)
The Hard Part(s) in small non-profit organisations (3) – Finding people
For those who came in late… Start here. You’re going to need people with a combination of qualities: Commitment to the vision; Integrity; Energy and… Read More »The Hard Part(s) in small non-profit organisations (3) – Finding people
Looking for levers (4): creating opportunities
The last category of high-leverage activities are those that create entirely new opportunities. In a sense, this is your main job, and it’s what you… Read More »Looking for levers (4): creating opportunities
Working at / in / on / out: four modes of work for your organisation or project
In The E-Myth Revisited Michael Gerber makes the distinction between working in your business (doing the jobs that need doing day to day to keep… Read More »Working at / in / on / out: four modes of work for your organisation or project
Seth Godin on “Where do you get your ideas?”
I really liked this post from Seth Godin on 22nd February: That might not be the right questionThe thing is, everyone has ideas. All the… Read More »Seth Godin on “Where do you get your ideas?”
Not long ago; or, Little by little (5): Tyler Cowen on progress in living standards since 1900
More links below [Even since 1990] the U.S. standard of living has increased by a factor of five to seven, estimated conservatively, and possibly much… Read More »Not long ago; or, Little by little (5): Tyler Cowen on progress in living standards since 1900