The everything store — Summary

Learn from one of the biggest visionaries and entrepreneurs, the mind behind Amazon. Jeff Bezos worked at the hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co back in the early nineties. He was a remarkable employee. He had the ability for deep analytical thinking since he was a young boy. Upon graduating from Princeton in 1986, Bezos worked … Read more

Qué es el crowdsourcing y cómo usarlo

En estas semanas probé por primera vez el crowdsourcing para hacer un diseño de Remera para mi Blog. Decidí hacer a través de FREELANCER.COM, una plataforma de crowdsourcing famosa en donde uno puede ofrecer servicios o contratar a los servicios de miles de personas. Se puede contratar a diseñadores, escritores, servicios de venta y marketing, servicios … Read more

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ — Summary

Learn to manage your emotions so that you can use them to your benefit Emotions are not only what define our relationships or extreme situations like a fight. They are an integral part of our decision-making process. In this book, you will learn what emotional intelligence (EI) means and how it can be developed. But … Read more

Growth Hacker Marketing — Summary

Learn how to outperform massive traditional marketing budgets with free growth hacker marketing Traditional marketing techniques won’t get you the same results like growth hacker techniques. For example, if you want to create a viral post or product, paying a huge marketing campaign won’t do the job. Your product has to capture new customers by … Read more

Payoff — Summary

Learn how to motivate yourself and others from this “little brother” of the book Drive. What exactly is motivation and are there different types of motivation? We learned the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in the book Drive. In this book, you will learn more about what makes us motivated, spoiler alert * it … Read more

Bill Gate’s favorite Books

Bill Gates has a section dedicated to book reviews on his blog. Here are some of his favorites. ‘The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined’ by Steven Pinker “Although a lot of people have never heard of Borlaug, he probably saved more lives than anyone else in history,” Gates says. “It’s estimated that … Read more

The lean startup — Summary

Learn how to form a successful new business Startups differ from established companies in that they don’t know exactly how to do things. They need to be flexible and make quick adjustments. Traditional management sets goals and oversees the execution of it, something which in Startups won’t work, a startup has insufficient experience to predefine a … Read more

Thoughts on the implications of social rating

I just watched the episode 3.1 Nosedive of Black Mirror [Wikipedia]. I was impressed by the philosophical deepness of the TV show so far, but this episode impressed me in particular due to its relevance in our society. Nosedive shows a society which is obsessed with rating. A rating can be incredibly useful, whenever we check Google Maps for a … Read more

Predictably Irrational — Summary

Learn how to think effectively from one of the best books on the topic Relative value Our mind always tries to compare one thing with another one to try to estimate its value, attractiveness or whatever it tries to identify. This is the relativeness of everything. What’s more, often our brain picks the laziest option possible, something … Read more