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A tribute to Lego (and some awesome stop motion)
We love Lego. And we have no doubt that you do too. This Friday, we’ve assembled three of our favourite Lego-related videos, from the educational (MIT’s Eric von Hippel: Open Innovation) to the inspiringly creative (My Desk is 8-Bit by Alex Varanese) to the mind-blowingly, bodaciously awesome (Pixels by Patrick Jean). Happy Friday Anthillians!
Why 2010 is the perfect year to start a company
In this fast and furious clip, filmed at the Churchill Club’s 11th Annual Top 10 Tech Trends event in California last month, Steve Jurvetson is given two and a half minutes to explain why he thinks the future looks bright for ‘disruptive’ startup companies.
Three things every Australian startup needs to do this June
This month, in extreme contrast to the harsh winters of yesteryear, Australian startup entrepreneurs could almost be described as ‘spoilt for choice’. In fact, my inbox is currently brimming with initiatives designed to promote and support entrepreneurship, seeking Anthill’s support.
If the shoe fits: the precarious world of the online custom cobbler [WEBSITE OF THE WEEK]
It’s not every day that a blokey developer quits his day job to sell custom-designed shoes online. In fact, such a move might seem like entrepreneurial madness, especially when you consider the sea of demanding Carrie Bradshaws such a business is likely to attract. Matthew da Silva talks to Mike Knapp, co-founder of Shoes of Prey, to see what made him quit Google and dip his toe into the foot business.
Do you make these five critical mistakes in business?
Here are five critical mistakes that will kill your chances of attaining above-average success. If you make any of them, your business will achieve average performance at best, and likely create a trap where you end up working long hours for mere survival, or even eventual failure and bankruptcy. Read on and check to see how many you make.
6.5 reasons why entrepreneurship is like surfing
They might seem worlds apart, but in fact there are many similarities between surfers and entrepreneurs. Here are six and a half.
The Law of Success: Lesson 8 – Self-Control
The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons, Napoleon Hill’s 1,600+ page monstrosity published prior to Think and Grow Rich, contains a lot of useful information that can help you realise your potential. In this series, Joshua Moore covers each of these attributes in a practical way that you can apply to your life and work. Today he discusses the value of self-control.
Five nuggets of entrepreneurial wisdom, courtesy of Steve Sammartino (and my not-so-lucid memory)
Sammartino has a way of making you understand that those entrepreneurial dreams are not so fanciful. That they are achievable, no matter who you are, and that life is too short to fly a desk all your life.
Kirsten Black, Halo Headphones
Kirsten Black started her entrepreneurial career developing her innovative Halo Headphones, which feature specially designed high fidelity speakers that can be inserted into a comfortable headband. If you’re sick of headphones dropping out of your ears or the wires flicking on the side of your face, perhaps give this new Australian innovation a try.
Students locked up (again) until they build 6 web startups from scratch
If you find the idea of SxSW’s recent Startup Bus intriguing, here’s a similar version closer to home. 30 university students were locked up over a weekend to produce six web-based businesses. The quality of their new web startups were “on par” with those created by professional entrepreneurs.
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