Botticelli Drawings in SF
Visited a special exhibition of Bottecelli drawings at Legion of Honor.
Venkat S Rao
Why Startups Fail[Part 3 -Late Stage startups]
Book describes issues late stage startups face. Although get out of the early stage is difficult, this stage presents its own challenges.
Why Startups Fail[Part 2 -Early Stage startups]
These chapters of the book discuss the three failure patterns that effect early stage startups: Good idea, bad bedfellows, False starts and False Positives. I also added a summary of a Letter the author wrote to first time founders as it seemed relavent to this stage.
Why Startups Fail[Part 1-Intro]
Startup success comes from making difficult trade-offs, good decisions and luck. This book explains those trade-offs and difficult decisions without providing a set recipe anyone can follow.
Why Startups Fail[Part 4 - Dealing with failure]
Since 70-80% of all startups fail, preparing and planning for failure is important. It is important to plan a graceful shutdown and also bounce back.
Best of the Week of 05/22/2023
Your Most Ambivalent Relationships Are the Most Toxic - Adam Grant
The whole article is highly quotable and contains many great nuggets.
"ambivalent relationships can be damaging to your health — even more than purely negative relationships"
"The most intuitive reason is that ambivalent relationships are unpredictable."
Best of the Week of 05/14/2023
Podcast - Statecraft with H.R. Mcmaster
Original publication date: 4.2.2022
https://www.hoover.org/research/secrets-statecraft-h-r-mcmaster-peace-and-war
Just discovered this podacst.
HR Mcmaster seems like a interesting person who thinks historically.
Secrets Of Statecraft: H. R. McMaster In Peace And WarLieutenant General H. R. McMaster speaks about his