You and Your Research. Transcription of the Bell Communications Research Colloquium Seminar 7 March 1986 J. F. Kaiser Bell Communications Research 445 South Street Morristown, NJ 07962-1910 jfk@bellcore.com At a seminar in the Bell Communications Research Colloquia Series, Dr. In order to make the information in the talk more widely available, the tape recording that was made of that talk was carefully transcribed. As a speaker in the Bell Communications Research Colloquium Series, Dr. Alan G. Dick is one of the all time greats in the mathematics and computer science arenas, as I'm sure the audience here does not need reminding. While our professional paths have not been very close over the years, nevertheless I've always recognized Dick in the halls of Bell Labs and have always had tremendous admiration for what he was doing.
I think I last met him - it must have been about ten years ago - at a rather curious little conference in Dublin, Ireland where we were both speakers. It's a pleasure to be here. Starting up with a friend. It seems like a fool-proof plan: start up with a close friend. You’ll get along (obviously), and you’ll get to share the exciting, fantastic, scary experience of starting up with someone you care about.
It’s not a bad idea, but there are a few caveats that you should be aware of before you proceed. When I started my first company with one of my closest friends, I expected things would go very well between us. We understood each other in ways that would take years to build up (and did take 10 years). We knew each other, and we knew we could rely on each other. We were prepared to have many surprises along the way — starting a business is always going to be a scary adventure. What we weren’t prepared for was that the main problem would come from us and the dynamic between us.
What happened, in brief I’m not going to go into all the details of what exactly went wrong, for a number of reasons (among them, it would be a one-sided account and inherently unfair on my friend and first cofounder). Play the Point, Not the Score. I watched Rafael Nadal play two incredible matches at the Australian Open over the weekend. In the semifinals, he defeated Fernando Verdasco in a 5 hour and 14 minute match 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(2) 6-7(1) 6-4. He returned to the court a little over 40 hours later and defeated Roger Federer 7-5 3-6 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2 in a match lasting 4 hours and 23 minutes.
If you are a tennis player, you know this is an amazing physical and emotional achievement. Brad Gilbert – a great tennis player (and coach) in his own right – was one of the announcers for the finals. He annoyed me at first with his whispery affect until I realized that he was courtside. He completed redeemed himself when he uttered the line of the tournament: “Nadal is so incredible because he plays the point, not the score.” Ponder that – Play the point, not the score. If you watch Nadal’s face during a match, he’s 100% focuses on the point at hand.
This is such a powerful metaphor for business (and life). Straight Talk - A blog by Go Daddy CEO and founder Bob Parsons. Sunday, July 10, 2005 Uncle Lou's rule. My Uncle Lou, who was in the construction business, once told me, "Show me a successful business person, and I'll show you someone who has been on their ass a number of times.
" What he meant, of course, is that most people who become successful do so only after failing several times. I certainly was not an exception to Uncle Lou's rule. The ability to hang on when things are tough is mentioned in every "how to succeed" book or article. You've got to be willing to change often. I've been through a lot of difficult times. Quitting is easy. My vision kept me going. Money never motivated me. How the name Parsons Technology came about. Laying in bed at night. At GoDaddy.com the vision was a little different in scenario, but pretty much the same in substance. A "mind's eye" vision of success is critical. A willingness to change -- and change often -- is also imperative.
Nothing works the first time. An important key to success. I always paid my bills. If you want to be rich, first stop being so frightened - Times O. Are you digging yourself into a hole? | Slow Leadership. Information Arbitrage: Monitor110: A Post Mortem. Orian Marx » Blog Archive » Reflections of a Y Combinator Dropou. This series is dedicated to all the people that have been inquiring about the state of my startup.
For those who haven’t heard from me, I apologize for the radio silence. For those who have, and have been encouraging me to press forward, I owe a debt of gratitude. Without you I’d probably be lost. The past year has been a wild ride. I’d been waiting my whole life to find the big idea I could turn into a successful technology startup, and it finally came to me. So, with three friends I embarked on the startup journey for the first time. About two weeks before the start of the program, my partners and I got into a series of disputes that ultimately led to them walking out, and I was forced to abandon my dream, at least temporarily. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Balthasar Gracian. Search, Read, St. First published in 1637. Translated to English by Joseph Jacobs in 1892. A collection of 300 aphorisms on life and the way you should live, Balthasar Gracian's work has been used as a modern day guide to life much in the way that Sun Tzu's Art of War or Machiavelli's The Prince have.
Whether you realize it or not, everyone can always use more wisdom. While most of us acquire wisdom naturally through living our lives, it certainly can't hurt to pick up a really good book for additional words of advice. "Life is warfare against the malice of others. " Fan of this book? Gordon ramsay's startup advice part1. Gordon Ramsay On Software Gordon Ramsay is a world renowned chef with a surprising amount to say on software development.
Well, he says it about cooking and running a restaurant, but it applies to software development too. You may have seen Gordon Ramsay on one of his TV shows: Hell's Kitchen or Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Hell's Kitchen is a competition between chefs trying to win a dream job: head chef of their own high-end restaurant. On this show Ramsay is judge, jury, and executioner. If you just watch Hell's Kitchen you will likely conclude Ramsay is one of the devil's own helpers ("ram" is the symbol of the devil and "say" means he speaks for the devil: Ramsay). Now if you watch Kitchen Nightmares you will see a slightly different side of Ramsay, he still yells and cusses a lot, but you will also see something else: this guy seriously knows what he is doing. Ramsay knows how to run a profitable restaurant. How does Ramsay teach people how to run a profitable restaurant? Gordon ramsay's lessons for software.