1) How to Stay Hungry (or, Having Balls). “Albert mentioned that he gave most of the money he made from selling his first company to his parents. “I gave them the money because it was of course enough for me to never work again, but you know.. i wanted to stay hungry”".

2) How do you add value to someone smarter than you? Ask really dumb questions. (Really).

3) Innovation in 4 easy steps: (1) don’t reinvent the wheel; (2) plunder what works; (3) disregard what doesn’t; (4) add a sprinkle of innovation

4) “The truly important events… are not the trends. They are changes in the trends.” – Peter Drucker. (via Nivi)

5) The best 4:31 of your day:


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