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Perfect is the Enemy of the Good (or Great)

There’ve been countless posts on how trying to make something perfect usually ends up not only with nothing perfect, but often with nothing at all. In my limited experience, this “common sense” is not so common. I love when this precept is illustrated so plainly: “The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was […]

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Why start your own business?

I caught this article in Slate, and thought it was a good wake-up-call for anyone starting their own small business — especially in industries that are oft-romanticized. Like, say, cozy cafe’s or consumer tech startups. “The dream of running a small cafe has nothing to do with the excitement of entrepreneurship or the joys of […]