RIP the Good times

Sequoia Capital recently made a presentation to its portfolio companies about how to try to survive an economic downturn. Here's the presentation

Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: depression recession)

Via Venturebeat

Iniciador Madrid en octubre con Jaime Estévez

Muy interesante la charla de Jaime Estevez ayer en Iniciador que al final acabó en interrogatorio por parte de los participantes

Me quedo con su respuesta a por qué abandonar su interesante puesto en Europapress para lanzar Agora News, una agencia de contenidos para medios de información enfocada en videos para Internet que comparte con Akaimedia muchos argumentos de porqué el futuro de los medios pasa por un cambio de paradigma aunque nos dediquemos a generar contenidos para subsectores distintos (nosotros estamos enfocados a publicidad y entretenimiento, ellos a periodistas)

La transcripción es libre, intentaré actualizarlo si alguien publica notas o videos del evento como es habitual

Al final trabajar por cuenta ajena era como estar bajo el agua. Puedes aguantar la respiración más o menos tiempo, pero todo tus instintos te arrastran a que saques la cabeza para respirar y hagas aquello para lo que sientas que has nacido

Nunca he podido expresar mi motivación para cambiar mi rumbo profesional de una forma tan clara. Sin duda será añadida a la pizarra de grandes reflexiones de emprendedores que tenemos en Okuri y será motivo de un post próximo.

3 años despues

En los 36 meses que lleva online "La Palabra Harry?" ha disfrutado de diferentes frecuencias de actualización y ratio de contenidos propios. Ni siquiera en los tiempos en los que compartía reflexiones sobre nuevas tecnologías y sus mercados (conseguiendo enlaces de Microsiervos que daban en pocas horas la mitad de visitantes acumulados hasta la fecha) era una iniciativa muy seria que siguiese los más básicos cánones sobre cómo debe mantenerse un blog. A día de hoy no es más que un espacio personal sin aspiraciones actualizado pocas veces al mes con links curiosos que me llegan.

Es posible que reconsidere esto debido a que mi nueva etapa profesional, como socio de Okuri y responsable de Akaimedia, no impone las restricciones de confidencialidad que implicaba trabajar en consultoría estratégica y me está dando la oportunidad de desarrollar muchos más artículos para la publicación.

Prometo más información en breve, de momento os dejo con el template actualizado

Constructores españoles bloquean carreteras demandando ayudas

Via frucomerci

Ojo mono

Parece que la temporada empieza fuerte

Primeras impresiones del Google Chrome

Las primeras impresiones son buenas y en instantes he cargado todos mis datos del Firefox... excepto los addons/extensiones (adblock, better gmail....) que ya estoy echando mucho de menos

Habrá que seguir experimentando

Downloading Google Chrome

Parece que despues de todo el dia esperando lo han publicado


A ver que tal

How to Tell If Your Boss Is Crazy (By Guy Kawasaki)

David Eraker started a company called Mindsite to help people who are searching for answers about mental health. I found out that the DSM-IV is the go-to guide for diagnosing mental health issues, and Mindsite is the first company to publish this resource online for consumers to read directly. I know lots of people who are searching for mental health information–they’re called “disgruntled employees,” so I asked David to help me help you figure out if your boss is crazy. Here are the main personality disorders from the DSM-IV as they relate to your boss.

Narcissistic

If your boss shows arrogant behaviors or attitudes, has a grandiose sense of self-importance, and takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends, then your boss may be a narcissist. This is the loudmouthed CEO with a Porsche parked out front and a Rolex who is
always claiming that he’s doing “the next big thing.” He frequently needs an entourage of yes-people who suck up to him. Support groups for the employees of narcissists are some of the most active online.

Continued interaction with them can be downright toxic though because they can turn you into a spineless puppy dog or a powder keg of anger. (For more information about the narcissistic personality disorder, go here.)

Paranoid

If your boss is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of people, suspects that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving them, and is reluctant to confide in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be used maliciously against him or her, then your boss may be paranoid. You could make the case that a paranoid company is always worried about the competition, and is therefore more likely to take care of its customers. That’s the basis of Andy Grove’s book Only the Paranoid Survive. However, there’s little to be said for working for a paranoid boss if the fears do not make any sense. (For more information about the paranoid personality disorder, go here.)

Obsessive-Compulsive

If your boss is preoccupied with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that the point of the activity is lost and interferes with task completion, then your boss may be obsessive-compulsive. Many entrepreneurs have experienced board members and investors who tried to micromanage their financial projections and reports to the point no return. Maybe it makes the person feel like he’s in control of an uncontrollable situation, but “uncontrollable” means uncontrollable. These folks are simply deluding themselves to think they are improving the situation and making the rest of us crazy. (For more information about the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, go here.)

Anti-Social

If your boss exhibits consistent irresponsibility as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations and a lack of remorse when having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another, then your boss may be anti-social. You should bewatchful about joining a company where the CEO talks about unleashing economic disruption solely to destroy the competition. Companies that are created for such purposes seldom succeed. The key is what you do for your customers not to your competition. When is the last time you bought something to help a company hurt its competition? (For more information about the anti-social personality disorder, go here.)

There you have it: a quick guide to the dysfunctionality of bosses. To learn more about these issues and to increase control of your mental health, check out Mindsite. You might also enjoy Psychology.alltop. Now stop and also ask yourself if you’re exhibiting any of these characteristics too.

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Managers (Dilbert de hoy)

Beijing Biggest Fake

The enormous fake building on Wangfujing Street in one of the most prestigious retail and office areas is a computer illustration, printed on vinyl film, glued to panels and attached on the unfinished concrete skeleton of an eight-story building. The building site is huge -- it takes over five minutes to walk around the whole development.



The most surprising thing about this "building" is the quality of the production and how realistic it appears at first glance. It did make me wonder how many people rushing by this busy street corner even realized that they had just passed Beijing's biggest fake.

Articulo completo en Advertising Age