Links worth sharing

Here are a few links and summaries of some of the things I’ve been reading the past couple days that are worth sharing.

Competing with the singleminded – Seth Godin: This conversation happens every single day at organizations large and small. You want to do the new thing, but of course you must do it in a measured, rational way. Which is great, unless your competition doesn’t agree.

Community can be so powerful – Chris Brogan: the people who live for community, the ones who know that the human-shaped web is much more powerful in the longer run than any technology out there today, those are the ones to watch.

The importance of failure – Marco Tabini: There is, however, an even more important lesson that I have learned about failure: that sometimes, failure is inevitable—or, as the colloquial expression goes, shit happens. Knowing that, sooner or later, things are going to fail is an important, almost cathartic realization that keeps the unwary apart from the wise. If you’re wondering what I’m blabbering about, check out this video of a keynote that Mythbusters’ Adam Savage gave at the Maker Faire.

Thanks for leading – Seth Godin: It’s uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers. It’s uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail. It’s uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. It’s uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle.

Books for entrepreneurs – Fred Wilson: Last week an entrepreneur named Stephen who reads this blog regularly asked me for recommendations that budding entrepreneurs should read.

Author: Jason Kristufek