How to win friends and influence people in the digital age
The book that’s had the largest impact on my career is Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People which was published in 1936.
It helped me start seeing the world through other people’s eyes. I started focusing less on my wants and needs and started paying more attention to…
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What Startups Can Learn From Pinterest
Some things that contribute to usefulness are:
- Ease Of Use – What good is it if it takes the user a long time to just learn how to navigate your site?
- Speed – If your site isn’t fast, people may go back to what they were doing before you attempted to solve their problem, or worse, switch to a competitor. Don’t underestimate speed.
- Solves A Problem – Making something people want is key. Pinterest shifts from searching to discovering things. People discover great recipes, designs, clothing everyday without searching for anything.
- Makes The Users Lives Easier – If you’re not solving a problem than you’re going to have a reallyhard time getting traction.
The key is always to have the big goal, the big problem in mind, and be laser focused on it, but to be flexible and willing to pivot from idea to idea until one finds the right solution. Those that fail are more often than not unwilling to let go of the original solution. The companies that have iterated and pivoted from earlier, less successful versions are too many to name, but Facebook, Chegg, Groupon, and Instagram have all done pretty well.
good things come to those who want. good things come to those who work their asses off and never give up.
Slideshare: Fab After 9 Months - London Web Summit March 19, 2012
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