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I have had all of the disadvantages required for success. – Larry Ellison
When I think about my disadvantages; growing up in a single parent home, going through parental divorce, getting hooked on drugs (sober now for two years and some months), some say being black in America, not many role models, being an ex-con, starting out at age 41, being in a transition home, my father dying,…
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Human-Centered Design
In spending time with others we subconsciously find ourselves in the for front of our brains reality of what we think. The subconscious is not hidden anymore. There comes a point in every humans life when the truth is revealed. We can’t hide for too long… We must face the users of our products one…
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The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. – Mark Zuckerberg
To think about this statement, I have to ask myself what exactly constitutes a risk. Well Mirriam-Webster dictionary reads that a risk is: noun 1 : possibility of loss or injury : peril 2 : someone or something that creates or suggests a hazard 3 a : the chance of loss or the perils to…
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“If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell six friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000.” – Jeff Bezos
In thinking about making customers unhappy in the physical world…I can remember just starting out in the working class and not really thinking about the “physical world” ( I had never heard of something called the physical world), and in now really thinking about what the physical world consists of, I think about physiology and…
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When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. Life is too short for long-term grudges. – Elon Musk
This is an Elon Musk quote that really speaks to me! If I think independence and innovation is important to my well being as an entrepreneur, I must continue to find a way. I am starting from nothing and nowhere, but I believe in myself. If I don’t take chances because of some emotional blockage,…