🔗 WWW
There are a lot of links out to different parts of the web on this site. I try to mark them all so they get listed here.
🔗 National risks being eaten alive by NZ First & ACT
Dear Christopher (Luxon) .. I know Washington DC is a long way a way .. but there are some lessons there .. you can watch in real time the future of New Zealand .. at least the future based on the current trajectory.
🔗 The Onion has won the bid for Infowars’ assets. .. a perfect home.
“The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” said The Onion CEO Ben Collins. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.”
So I will plant this post in various places across the inter webs as I reach out to find those customers that need what I do.
The link is worth clicking on, but that’s not really what this is about. Except, in a way, it kinda is… let me explain.
This part of John’s business model is a weekly sponsorship. He sells them upfront. He can sell two on the same week. And if one becomes open suddenly
Here’s the deal: my calendar is showing some similar gaps. Now, I don’t operate exactly like John Gruber—heck, we’re not even in the same space—but at the core, the goal is the same.
And honestly, for-profit organizations aren’t as different from each other as we might like to think.
I like to imagine every organization as a magic box. It takes inputs—people, capital, resources—and transforms them into outputs: products and services that are sold to customers. Ideally, every window of time is filled with something that generates revenue for the business.
These are sold to customers. Ideally, every window of time is filled with something that generates revenue for the business.
This urgency is one reason why so many rush to create products that can “make money while you sleep.” The aim is to replace perishable inventory with non-perishable. And while that’s a great approach, it’s not what I do, because—despite what I just said—every organization is unique.
So here I am, reaching out to the internet to help fill those gaps.
If you have a business—or know someone who does—that’s struggling to boost revenue, let’s chat. I’ve got frameworks, methods, and a book that’s gotten some praise from fellow writers worldwide.
Over the years, I’ve tried it all: flywheels, funnels, category marketing, guerrilla sales, challenger sales, social selling—you name it, I’ve probably experimented with it.
Here’s the biggest takeaway:
It’s all about the synergy of teamwork and a shared purpose.
If you’re ready to turn those inputs into something extraordinary, drop me a line. Let’s make some magic happen.
This version aims for a conversational tone while still driving home the main points and inviting engagement.
“So are Sapiens and Neanderthals the same species or different species? And is “species” an objective reality that biologists discover, or is it an intersubjective reality that biologists impose?”
💬 Yuval Noah Harari
🔗🖇️ Coincidentally, have been exploring this idea as applied to Mathematics.
🔗 Learn the Order of Adjectives in English.
Not sure I ever ‘learned’ this - but intuitively it is what I do.
Over on Substack I published 🔗🖇️ this …
At first blush, it might seem to be about maths and it certainly connects, but it’s really about those who challenge the status quo, see something different, push boundaries, which, not coincidentally is exactly what great startups do.
Love to know what you all think?
🔗📼🎵 Revolution … Did it happen? Is it happening? Will it happen?
Your song of the day, week, month, year, 4 years.
🖇️🔎 The Business Equation involves a number of dimensions starting with ‘The Quadrants’ - the top quadrant is market facing, bottom is organisation facing.
The Organisation Facing quadrant is supported by ‘Systems of Record’ - increasingly transitioning to ’Systems of Compliance’
The Market Facing quadrant is supported by ‘Systems of Engagement’.
Businesses spend an inordinate amount of time focussed on ‘systems of compliance’ - to the detriment of ‘systems of engagement’.
Despite Business Growth emerging from ‘Systems of Engagement’.
It’s not just being different. It’s not only being the ‘only one that ‘does what you do’ (hat tip to ‘Jerry’). It’s not just following your dreams. It’s all of that - at the intersection of letting go of the ‘woulda coulda shoulda’ and wrapping that all up in a package that others value and give a shit about.
Part of an occasional series focused on the 🧶 thinking and methods. of 🧶 People First. Time will tell if it becomes something bigger like a book or ‘manual for survival’ (though that is the plan.)
Just in case you are having any kind of upbeat moment today, this will drag you back down to despondency and depression.
🔗 Trump’s clown car cabinet - by Lisa Needham and Aaron Rupar