Education

Narrow your idea, widen your experience

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

When it comes to startups, you’re always told to narrow your idea. Focus on a niche community, rather than take on the whole world. Refine.
When it comes to experience, though, early entrepreneurs should broaden themselves. When you’re starting out, participate in a wide swath of activities to better understand each part of a business. […]

The value of engineering education

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

I spent most of this weekend refreshing and learning a few things in UNIX, and I kept thinking about two points:

It’s great to know how to teach one’s self
It’s great that there’s this thing called the “internets” to help

Point #2 is something I want to revisit later. Using the internet as a learning tool […]

Dealing with Constraints

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

I think it was Mark Cuban that once said that entrepreneurs have to learn to succeed “in spite of everything.” (If it wasn’t Mark Cuban, well, Mark Cuban’s probably said something similar at some point so we’ll just go with it). Being successful “in spite of” is key to the way we view success.
While […]