bijan sabet: Does your startup suffer from the Inner Circle

Cooking @ Benu, SF.

In case of emergency.

Music like dirt. (Kudos if you get this literary allusion) @ AtelierCrenn. (Taken with instagram)

I’m not home alone. (Taken with instagram)

minimalmac:

andyparkinson:

A laptop desk thats nothing more than a ledge. Made from solid walnut. Genius.

(via urbancase - We do furniture…and design)

Expensive, but very nice. I bet one with the proper skills could makes something really similar.

bijan:

As a startup grows, one thing that happens most of the time is the development of the founder/ceo’s inner circle.

It’s a small number of folks the founder/ceo relies on for advice, feedback, strategic issues, etc.

To a large extent it’s normal.

But when the inner circle becomes fortified with…

Even worse is that a founder’s inner circle can fragment leadership teams and followers, resulting in poor vision and even worse execution.

bizlabdesigners:

Word as Image

Ji Lee, former Creative Director of Google, now at Facebook just published a book called Word as Image. If you want to learn about Ji’s design philosophies, watch his fabulous CreativeMornings talk.

2:55 in length

Susan

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matthewb:

Jason Santa Maria:

The second film in the Made by Hand series, The Knife Maker, focuses on Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn. Joel painstakingly makes beautiful knives by hand while breaking down the true meaning of craftsmanship: the people. Just two films in and this is one of the most inspirational series I’ve seen in a long time. Wonderfully shot and edited too.

Very cool.

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bijan sabet: Does your startup suffer from the Inner Circle