Mike's Notes

A few (more) things I learned from http://amzn.to/2evaRPp

This episode does not cover disruption theory.

Intro: BenSound.com Outro: Topher Mohr

Inspiriation: http://amzn.to/2evaRPp

Looking at 4 things in the framework of Amazon.

1/ Christensen's Disruption Theory.

2/ How many Harvard MBAs does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

3/ The roll of luck and skill in Amazon's early days.

4/ Maniacs.

Intro: Bensound.com Outro Topher Mohr

Inspiriation: http://amzn.to/2ecUWVU

Blog: http://thewaiterspad.com

Intro: http://bensound.com

Outro: Topher Mohr & Alex Elena

A podcast version of this post: https://medium.com/mikes-notes/advice-from-the-outsiders-3cf9eb9827c7#.ehnyua55z

Based on this book: http://amzn.to/2dsO7A5

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1/ Be different and find truths.

2/ Keep an (inner) scorecard.

3/ Decentralize.

4/ Forecasting well is hard; a high investments (in time) and low return activity.

5 Keep a low overhead.

6/ Think like a croc.

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Intro music: BenSound.com

Outro music: The Creek, Topher Mohr & Alex Elena

Part of this book: http://amzn.to/2e555b7

Intro by Ben Sound. Outro by K-391

A few ideas from Howard Marks book The Most Important Thing

1/ It's not easy.

2/ Mapping and cycles as models.

3/ Margin for errror.

4/ The future is unknowable.

5/ Live to fight another day.

Intro by BenSound.com Outro by Tophor Mohr and Alex Elena.

The first section of my book, 28 Lessons from Startups That Failed, http://amzn.to/1nztynB

There were five ways founders made the customer mistake:

1/ There were no customers to begin with.

2/ The customers were part of a bureaucracy

3/ The customers weren't asked to buy

4/ Founders talked to non-customers

5/ The customers were free users

Six things I noted about Instagram's success.

1/ Imitation is a place to start, but not finish.

2/ A lower overhead is a longer survival.

3/ Luck matters.

4/ Win on third down.

5/ Good timing helps a lot.

6/ Everything is a trial by fire.

Intro music from K-391, outro from Topher Mohr and Alex Elena.

I'm on Twitter, @MikeDariano,

On the phone, 559-464-5393,

On the web, http://thewaiterspad.com

Stories of pattern recognition and ideas about how to do it better.

Inspiration: http://amzn.to/2bnwdxU

In what ways can we take Belichick's football decision making skills and apply them to our own lives?

1/ Red teaming (cutting Bernie Kosar).

2/ Relentlessness (Tom Brady too).

3/ Being a secret finder (fitness, film).

4/ Getting lucky (and knowing it).

Here's the blog where I'll be writing more about red teaming, http://thewaiterspad.com.

Intro music from BenSound.com, outro by K-391.