May 2012
2 posts
April 2012
2 posts
“Fear of failure constrains you and life becomes dull. Life becomes interesting...”
– Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to humming bird drone via TED.com
March 2012
6 posts
WatchEntrepreneur and grade-A badass, Elon Musk, sat down with 60 minutes to talk about his insanely ambitious venture, SpaceX.
What can I say, I freaking love this guy. Starting a private, space exploration startup with zero experience (he has an undergraduate physics degree …that doesn’t count) is the definition of “Go Big or Go Home”.
What grabbed me the most about this...
“53% of consumers plan to travel more in 2012 than 2011—an 18 percentage point...”
– ~ via a recent Travelocity Report. Further proof that consumers are shifting dollars away from physical good purchases to investing in “life experiences”.
February 2012
1 post
January 2012
13 posts
“The average traveler is spending something like … nine web sessions and...”
– Travel + Leisure magazine
“I’m a big believer that you can try to change the world based on...”
– Danny Meyer’s Magic Touch: How To Create 4-Star Experiences And Lines Around The Block (via FastCompany.com)
I love Danny Meyer’s philosophy on food and restaurants, as it can be translated into any facit of human decision making. If you want people to radically change their behavior...
“Risky ideas can turn into smart businesses when core values and goals remain...”
– Craig Dalton on the rise of DodoCase via FastCompany
“A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories,...”
– via “How U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work” NYTimes
This is why we will never be able to compete with China for manufacturing jobs. Time to start educating America for the work of the future and stop trying to recall what is lost forever.
“We’re an anti-tourist travel company,” says founder Allen Burt. “We work to...”
– The mission of EpicThrills.com ( via WIRED )
WIREDInsider: Adventure Resolutions →
Big ups to the folks over at Wired for featuring EpicThrills.com as the destination to fulfill all 2012 adventure resolutions.
wiredinsider:
Screenshot: EpicThrills
Too often our New Year’s resolutions look too much like work and not enough like fun. This year, let’s all agree that we need to get more exercise and save the resolutions for something a little more interesting — like...
December 2011
8 posts
“40% of all travel is booked through travel agencies, and one third of all...”
– TNOOZ
November 2011
4 posts
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October 2011
13 posts
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk…In a world that [is] changing really...”
– ~ Mark Zuckerberg
“Everything good in my life has come immediately following a period of intensity,...”
– ~ Chris Sacca
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“2 + 2 = 4 only if you accept that 2 + 2 = 4… 2+ 2 is going to be what I want it...”
– ~ Will Smith (on success, motivation, and out-working the competition)
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“We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise, why even be here?”
– ~ Steve Jobs
Fortune Favors the Bold
Yes, even Steve Jobs gets rejection letters. This letter from Sean “James Bond” Connery to Apple CEO, Steve Jobs is an entertaining reminder that achieving audacious goals requires bold moves - many of which will fail.
VC and entrepreneur Chris Dixon says, “If you aren’t getting rejected on a daily basis, your goals aren’t ambitious enough.”
To put the timeline in...
September 2011
6 posts
“Advice to Entrepreneurs: Start today. Not tomorrow. Tell everyone!”
– (Advice from EpicThrills) via The Daily Muse