Spirit. Science. Art

Been following Takashi Murakami’s artwork for a while. He’s got some pretty cool print pieces that he does in a style that he describes as “Superflat. He’s leading a new wave of Contemporary Japanese artists who represent a blend of pop and otaku culture. Otaku is known for its obsession with anime and manga. I see Takashi Murakami’s superflat style pop up everywhere nowadays. It pops up in graffiti and seaker art all the time.

This is another stream of consciousness post, written for no other reason than to collect my thoughts. You’ve been warned. Remember 80/20 rules in business, relationships, health and spirit Focus on leadership, relationships, creativity. Outsource everything else. Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, and great minds discuss ideas. Only you can set the agenda for the rest of your life. Cut the lifeboats. You’re young. You can fail two or three times and you’ll be find. Taking that risk puts you in the path of wealth. You’ll never... Read The Rest →

If there’s one thing I’ve learned with after 2+ years of working with outsourced developers, it’s that they never say no. You can introduce all the agile-scrumming-gantt-charting-waterfall-SDLC you want. At the end of the day, if you have not clearly outlined everything in clear form, visually, to three degrees of detail, you’ll be at a disconnect with where your vision of the product should be and what the developer produces. It sure does force you to become a better product manager though. For those of you starting tech companies, do... Read The Rest →

Learn to bootstrap. Now!

I finally got around to reading the “Blue Ocean Strategy” by Kim and Mauborgne. The message of the book is that competition becomes irrelevant when companies create “blue oceans”, new innovative industries, the way Southwestern Airlines did for the airplane industry or CNN did for the TV industry. I’ve always been interested in business strategy, but only from a purely academic level. You can do Porters Analyses, financial models, and BC matrices until your blue in the face, none of that matters for early stage startups. In my eyes, startups... Read The Rest →

Rudyard Kipling If If If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream – and not make dreams your master; If you can... Read The Rest →

John Moore recently wrote a great article on whether the government has set EHR goals too high. The government plans to spend an estimated $36.3 million on physician adoption of Electronic Medical Records in the next several years. Phase I is slated to begin in 2011, with the goal of capture and sharing of data. In order to gain buy-in from the small/individual practices, the government is going to need to be much more transparent in defining “meaningful use”. The Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services has outline these 5 broad categories... Read The Rest →

Ive recently made it my goal to have at least 2 lunches/coffee meetings a week with new people I find interesting, that I look up to. A person who I had breakfast with, a VC here in OC, has this saying “your network is your net worth”. Theres a whole lot of truth in that statement. I’ve sat in on screening sessions where businesses have gotten funded on practically nothing other than the relationships that they have within the industry. Call them what you want “distribution, partnerships, affiliates”… business boils... Read The Rest →