Thursday, December 27, 2007
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Friday, November 30, 2007
Failure, it's a good thing
The following is an excerpt from an interview with Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx, a $150 million hosiery company. It reminded me of a movie I just recently watched, "Meet the Robinsons." If you haven't seen it, see it. It's a good story.
You've said that failure was a huge part of your success—how so?
Because I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, I'd have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. Most people attach failure to something not working out or how people perceive you. This way, it is about answering to yourself.
What's the best piece of business advice you ever received?
It probably came down to my father. When I was growing up, he encouraged us to fail. We'd come home from school and at dinner he'd say: 'What did you fail at today?' And if there was nothing, he'd be disappointed. It was a really interesting kind of reverse psychology. I would come home and say that I tried out for something and I was just horrible and he high-fived me.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Employee Morale
I think employee morale doesn't have to be a very expensive process or be to structured. I think it happens genuinely when it's organic. It's just a matter of providing the environment. I thought a Wii would be a good idea because it pretty easy for anyone to use and is perfect for a short break. It would be great to be able to walk over to Dayan and say, "Sir, I challenge you to a game of tennis" have a few laughs then drop a sixty page section H on his desk for review. I wouldn't feel so bad. It's a start.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
innovation: Article- Nanotubes at Livermore
Combine bio + carbon nanotubes to grow cartilage. innovation: Article- Nanotubes at Livermore
Monday, October 29, 2007
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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Saturday, October 6, 2007
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Test out idea. Can...
Test out idea. Can you use non imaging SOI for video(?) searching like on youtube?
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Monday, September 17, 2007
New form of communication...
New form of communication try out jott.com. It lets you record a voice message that it transcribes into a text message and send out a e-mail to yourself or to groups and it also integrates very well blogger by Google with Yahoo groups with twitter with the whole of series of the social networks.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
CeraTech's Quick Drying Cement
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