links for 2011-06-14

• What Was Day 1 Like?
  What Was Day 1 Like? June 14, 2011 at 01:42AM
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• The mindset revolution
  The skills I look for in recruits now are often completely different to the ones I looked for only a decade ago. But I do know exactly what kind of people I will want to hire in ten years' time.

  1. Honesty, Trustworthiness
  2. Adaptability, Flexibility
  3. Commitment, Accountability

  Good: Seeing and approaching the world in a way that truly benefits those around you.

  Global: openness to new experiences and new ideas, as well as the ability to make new connections and to create new combinations.

  Grit: It spurs you on when others give up and gives you the grip you need to forge ahead.

  
  
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  Everlater
  
  
  We talked about how Nate and Natty learned to program. When they came up with the idea for Everlater, they were both young finance geeks on wall street. Nate was a math major; Natty was a econ major, but neither had a clue how to build a web app. They decided that rather than find a “developer” to team up with, they would learn how to program.

  I regularly get asked questions (via email, face to face, and this blog) by non-technical entrepreneurs how they should get started if they don’t have a technical co-founder. There are a variety of answers – one is “learn to program.” In Nate and Natty’s case it’s worked out great and their story is an instructive one. So we’ve decided to work on a series of blog posts together about their story of how they learned to program, the resources they used, decisions they made, struggles they had.

  
  
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  Chuck Klosterman: Why the DVR robs sports of all of their drama - Grantland
  
  
  Chuck Klosterman: Why the DVR robs sports of all of their drama - Grantland June 13, 2011 at 03:36PM
  
  
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  Startups Are Hard : jazzychad's blog
  
  
  Startups Are Hard : jazzychad's blog June 13, 2011 at 03:36PM
  
  
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