Other people's thoughts

The opposite of Kickstarter

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:13:19 -0400

Do all start ups that die, deserve to die? Would you rather invest in an idea or in a start up whose investors have abandoned it but that has already a product? Maybe the latter and that’s why I think it is time that somebody launches the opposite of Kickstarter. A site in which companies that have say one week until they close are auctioned to the best bidder. Maybe there are investors out there who could save them. They could be the real ANGELS. That would be the real ANGEL list :)

"Stephen will officially leave Ryanair on 7th February next, after an extensive round of lunches and..."

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:07:00 -0500

“Stephen will officially leave Ryanair on 7th February next, after an extensive round of lunches and dinners with his many friends and admirers in the media, all paid for by the Ryanair press entertainment budget of €3.94.”

- Gotta love this Ryanair press release

"You rarely hear a startup say, “We failed because we were just too focused on our core business."

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:42:25 -0500

“You rarely hear a startup say, “We failed because we were just too focused on our core business.””

- Sarah Lacy spot on with regards to Groupon

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:39:33 -0400

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”

- Marcel Proust via The invisible grail

"Travel is only useful if you go open to the possibility of surrendering parts of what had formed you..."

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:08:33 -0400

“Travel is only useful if you go open to the possibility of surrendering parts of what had formed you in exhchange for the new perspectives offered by difference - if you go out of curiosity and respect. If you enter a place on its own terms. But tourism is travel with its heart ripped out.”

- Robyn Davidson via The Invisible Grail

"A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public..."

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:54:21 -0400

“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation.”

- Gustavo Petro,mayor of Bogota

"You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in the pocket."

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:42:34 -0400

“You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in the pocket.”

- A rather famous bodybuilder in this video.

"The simple answer is “no”. (The more complex answer is also no, but it takes longer to..."

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:57:50 -0400

“The simple answer is “no”. (The more complex answer is also no, but it takes longer to explain.)”

- Geoffrey A. Moore in Crossing the Chasm

"If you want to know your past – look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future –..."

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:43:21 -0400

““If you want to know your past – look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future – look into your present actions.””

- Chinese proverb via Ralph Metzner

"If we had a time-phone, now in 1987, we would beg you to forgive us. We have burdened you with..."

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:40:21 -0400

“If we had a time-phone, now in 1987, we would beg you to forgive us. We have burdened you with impossible debts, wasted and polluted the planet that should have been your rich heritage, left you instead a dreadful legacy of ignorance, want, and war.”

- Jack Williamson in Time Capsule Predictions (1987)

"Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so..."

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:02:38 -0400

“Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.”

- Iris Murdoch

"It’s better to be safe than sorry” is such crap. You know what’t better than being..."

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 02:36:01 -0400

““It’s better to be safe than sorry” is such crap. You know what’t better than being safe? Being AWESOME.”

- Jeff Atwood on Slideshare

"Over time, all marketing strategies result in shitty clickthrough rates."

Tue, 01 May 2012 03:54:15 -0400

“Over time, all marketing strategies result in shitty clickthrough rates.”

- The Law of Shitty Clickthroughs by Andrew Chen

"More than at any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and..."

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:51:00 -0400

“More than at any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.”

- Woody Allen (his Complete Prose is great)

"One Millwall fan was shocked at the time. He went to see a fight and a football match broke out!"

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:08:36 -0400

“One Millwall fan was shocked at the time. He went to see a fight and a football match broke out!”

- From the brilliant essay about martial arts by David Weeks

Success is like being pregnant. Everybody congratulates you, But nobody knows how many times you were fucked before you got there

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:33:16 -0500

Alliksaar Armastusest

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:58:56 -0500

Alliksaar Armastusest

"Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first..."

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:26:35 -0500

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If you know Apple, use it. If you know Vista, ask yourself why, then use it."

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:49:36 -0500

“If you know Apple, use it. If you know Vista, ask yourself why, then use it.”

- Mark Cuban’s 12 Rules for Startups

"The milkman is dead, but we drink more milk than ever."

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:47:33 -0500

“The milkman is dead, but we drink more milk than ever.”

- Baratunde Thurston in Fast Company’s article on Generation Flux