nancy

Feb
18

External validation and internal motivation

If you want to change the world, do you act as an internal or external agent of the system? Do
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Feb
18

The artist’s process in technology

First, let’s define technology, and where that is exhibited—tech companies—and remember that definitions are like rules: they’
Feb
17

Innovation in business models

The basic exchange of goods–commerce–relies on mutual value and benefit, for a successful long-term relationship. It's
Feb
17

Literary analysis is harder than data analysis

Try reading Elizabeth Bishop or Emily Dickinson.
Feb
14

High-level concepts vs low-level details

It won't be a secret which one I favor, but there are disadvantages to both sets of framing.
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Feb
14

Health insurance and support

Taking a risk to start a business has never been easier, and never been more fraught with competition. If entrepreneurship
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Feb
12

Establish a team process

It is easy to start rattling off the artifacts of Scrum, a form of Agile methodology, but it is much
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Feb
11

Structured unstructured time

Deep thinking is exactly that—thinking for an extended period of time, uninterrupted, to release your brain to do what
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Feb
10

The long game

I heard myself say it, echoing the climactic line from the Avengers movie, “We’re in the long game now.
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Feb
09

Feminine strengths in technology

I often start any new venture with very lofty goals. I want to believe there is a utopian ideal that,