The New York Times has an article about author Malcolm Gladwell’s new book. The title is “Outliers: Why Some Succeed and Some Don’t.” Here’s the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/technology/28online.html
The 800 CEO Read blog provides some more information based on a summary from the publisher’s catalog:
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual [...]
Via newteevee comes this video of YouTube CEO Chad Hurley speaking at a startup conference and giving his advice on starting, building, and selling a company:
http://www.newteevee.com/2008/06/27/chad-hurley-how-we-did-it/
He covers most of the important points in a fast-growing startup’s life:
* Narrowing the field of ideas to find the best case for starting a business
* Raising outside funding
* Locating [...]
Despite the tease offered by the title of this post, I wasn’t the one who met him.
The Audion creators were.
This story is an excellent retrospective on building a business from the co-founder of Panic Inc:
http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/
Like the earlier post on Geosign, it offers a cautionary tale of what happens when relying on a single company for [...]