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What I learned bootstrapping a 6-figure business from school
- awaxman11 13y agoGreat article man! Love all the philosophy of mind references. During my freshman seminar I had to read Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett, ended up switching me from going to the business school to being a philosophy major and 'Learning how to learn.' Now that I've started learning how to program and working building a product I can't thank that professor. Whether learning what customers want, learning how to sell, or learning a new programming language / framework - it's essential to be able to pick up stuff quickly. I hadn't thought about philosophy in awhile so thanks for reminding me the benefits of being able to clearly articulate complex ideas and make meaning out of uncertainty.
- dshipper 13y agoThanks! I totally agree. Glad I could get you back on the philosophy kick, I think it's really useful for entrepreneurship.
- graeme 13y agoGreat post. Good practical exposition of Taleb's ideas. A lot of people mistakenly think he's theoretical. Just chiming in to say that cargo cults were very real: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult
- sloria 13y ago"Any time you catch yourself saying, “Well look at how X big company does it.” or “Well X big company tried that and it didn’t work for them,” please smack yourself in the face." THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.