The Role of a Startup CEO
by Jeron Paul
"There is a tide in the affairs of men,— William Shakespeare (speaking about the era of AI)
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures."
"Good entrepreneurs copy, great entrepreneurs steal."— Rapscallion (Misquotation of Picasso)
Startup Ideas & Pre-Inventive Frameworks
How the best entrepreneurs get startup ideas.
Essential Reading
Curated resources for entrepreneurs
"Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Getting to Profitability without Cutting Bone
by Matt Stapleton and Jeron Paul
"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:— John Keats
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness."
Rapscallion Playlist
Music for entrepreneurs
"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency."— Daniel Burnham
The Emperor of Ice Cream: Presentation, Branding and Identity
by Jeron Paul