Category Archives for Thinking
Shlok Vaidya’s thinking.
On Phase Shifts
We go through phase shifts. You apply work, and luck, and network to whatever you’re doing. Complexity builds. As it does, you can glimpse the adjacent future, what could be next, the phase after this. And it builds and it … Continue reading
$150 Audiophile Headphone System
Music makes things happen in my life – cooking, writing, sex, working out. (There’s a reason I’ve worked for two music-focused companies.) And the tools that make that happen are important to me – speakers, headphones, amps. Audiophile equipment is … Continue reading
Announcing: Origins of the Lean Startup
I wrote a short, free ebook that describes the Origins of the Lean Startup. If you’re familiar with John Boyd’s work, this will be very intuitive. If you’re not, this will prove extremely useful. Get it here. Continue reading
The Intellectual Prisoner
The kind of person who is pretty smart – in the sense they can do stupid shit for Wall Street money – but can’t conceive of applying their ‘smarts’ towards changing the world. Continue reading
Pay to Pitch Is Predatory. So Are (Some) Angel Groups.
That’s of ‘consultants,’ ‘investors,’ and ‘incubators’ taking advantage of unsuspecting startups and first time entrepreneurs. They’ll couch it in language like ‘mentorship,’ ‘access,’ ‘experience.’
It’s actually predatory and evil. Continue reading