Adam Kazwell is...somewhat concerned

links for 2011-01-31

• 9 Hot Startups
  all seem to be well positioned for success, will they all last?
  (tags: startups career)

links for 2011-01-24

• Press On | Dustin Curtis
  Nothing In this world can take the place of persistence.

links for 2011-01-17

• So You Wanna Be an Entrepreneur? | Amir Khella
  If you’re wondering whether or not you should be an entrepreneur, here’s a better question to ask: Are you interested in helping others and constantly adding value to their lives, even at the expense of your own comfort and success?

  The best way to find the answer is by trying it out: Figure out a way you can help someone today , and go do it for free. Tomorrow, figure out how you can help two people. Next week, help ten people. Then do a reality check: are you really adding value? are you enjoying it enough to do it even if you’re not paid for it? Can you scale it to add value to 100 or 1000 people in the next couple of months?

  
  
  (tags: startups howto)
  
  

links for 2011-01-10

• What is the perfect startup team? - Quora
  The perfect startup has all three founders:

  * someone who understands how to build technologies and systems to solve problems;
  * someone who understands the human factors behind those problems, why they exist, what it takes to fix them and how to shape the experience;
  * someone who understands how to reach, talk to and sell to the people who's problems are being sold - and keep finding more of them

  
  
  (tags: startups howto)
  
  

links for 2011-01-02

• In The Era Of The Connected Camera, The Point & Shoot Commits Seppuku
  “Point and shoot has become point and shoot and share. It’s sad that cameras haven’t evolved to be networked and make sharing easier."
  (tags: photography trends gadgets)
• The story of Polaroid inventor Edwin Land, one of Steve Jobs' biggest heroes - (37signals)
  One of Steve Jobs’ biggest heroes is Edwin Land, the inventor of Polaroid. Former Apple CEO John Sculley describes a meeting they had years ago and how both Land and Jobs felt that products existed all along — they just needed to discover them.
  (tags: jobs design apple)
• Jason Putorti • How to Interview a Designer
  tenets for how to evaluate a user experience designer for a startup.
  (tags: howto design)