Don’t compete on features

Very very interesting and useful read by Andrew Chen

"The “Ultimate Driving Machine” is a classic slogan that makes BMW compete based on position, not features."

Read the complete blog at

http://andrewchen.co/2011/07/11/dont-compete-on-features/

F**king Sue Me

Very very interesting read.... I liked a lot

This lesson in total disregard for risk served me well. They say entrepreneurs are risk takers. I think of myself as too lazy and irresponsible to fully understand the risk.

Read the blog by Pud at

http://pud.com/post/10103947044/fucking-sue-me

Thinking Time

If you don’t yet have such “Thinking Time” on your schedule, I suggest you to try it. The beginning of the week works the best for me. But maybe you’ll feel that the middle is actually better because it splits your work week and you get some kind of a break from your regular tasks.
In this age of Internet and social networks with all the fun distractions that they provide, it becomes more important to go away from it all at least for a couple of hours each week, sit down with a pen and a paper (or even an iPad running some notepad-type application), and just think it all through.

Read the interesting article by Jacob Gorban at

 http://gorban.org/post/14162629940/thinking-time

Management Quality Assurance

Interestingly, one of the first things that you learn when you run an engineering organization is that a good Quality Assurance organization cannot build a high quality product, but it can tell you when the development team builds a low quality product. Similarly, a high quality Human Resources organization cannot make you a well-managed company with a great culture, but it can tell you when you and your managers are not getting the job done.

Read the very interesting Ben's blog at

http://bhorowitz.com/2011/10/06/management-quality-assurance/