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Be curious. Be open. Be flexible. Let your life unfold as a series of chapters. Don’t be so fixated on a specific ending that you neglect to open the door when opportunity knocks.

Steve Case, Co-Founder of AOL, in his 2013 commencement speech at University of North Carolina.

(Via Huffington Post)

Yahoo Buys Tumblr and Promises “Not to Screw It Up”All Things D broke the news that Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion this morning.Tumblr CEO David Karp wrote in his memo that “Yahoo is the original Internet company, and Marissa and her team share our dream to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas.” Click here to read Karp’s full memo and Yahoo’s announcement on All Things D.We look forward to seeing what this partnership does for both companies! (via Yahoo Buys Tumblr and Promises “Not to Screw It Up” - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD - Image source)

Yahoo Buys Tumblr and Promises “Not to Screw It Up”

All Things D broke the news that Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion this morning.

Tumblr CEO David Karp wrote in his memo that “Yahoo is the original Internet company, and Marissa and her team share our dream to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas.” Click here to read Karp’s full memo and Yahoo’s announcement on All Things D.

We look forward to seeing what this partnership does for both companies!

(via Yahoo Buys Tumblr and Promises “Not to Screw It Up” - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD - Image source)

My art teacher in college told us about a reporter who asked Picasso why he chose to paint. His response was, ‘That is a silly question; why does a bird fly?”

That is exactly how I feel as an entrepreneur. I do it because I have to do it. It’s who I am.

Rob Honeycutt of Timbuk2 on what motivates him to be an entrepreneur and why he will never retire.

Read more of OPEN Forum’s exclusive Q&A with Honeycutt.

This image is not what The Startup Curve looks like according to Paul Graham and Fred Wilson, VC and principal of Union Square Ventures.“To all those entrepreneurs whittling away in their offices trying to find out when to release their product to the market, I say “get on with it”. You are going to have to go on the roller coaster ride at some point. Might as well start now.” - Fred Wilson (via A VC: The Startup Curve)

This image is not what The Startup Curve looks like according to Paul Graham and Fred Wilson, VC and principal of Union Square Ventures.

“To all those entrepreneurs whittling away in their offices trying to find out when to release their product to the market, I say “get on with it”. You are going to have to go on the roller coaster ride at some point. Might as well start now.” - Fred Wilson

(via A VC: The Startup Curve)

Click here to embiggen (see full infographic) Funders and Founders based this infographic on the characteristics of Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Larry Ellison, Dell and many other successful entrepreneurs. Do you fit this entrepreneurial archetype? (Via Visual.ly)

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Funders and Founders based this infographic on the characteristics of Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Larry Ellison, Dell and many other successful entrepreneurs.

Do you fit this entrepreneurial archetype?

(Via Visual.ly)

fastcompany: Does wealth lead to innovation? Our list finds that median household income doesn’t determine startup success. Why? “There is a reasonable hypothesis that areas that are fertile for startups are fertile at a point in time, such as Detroit in the 1890s,” says Ed Glaeser, Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard. “Startups come, they succeed, and then it becomes progressively less friendly as the area becomes wealthier. A few dominant firms emerge and they eventually end up pushing out startups. Areas then have to find a way to reinvent themselves.”

fastcompany:

Does wealth lead to innovation? Our list finds that median household income doesn’t determine startup success.

Why? “There is a reasonable hypothesis that areas that are fertile for startups are fertile at a point in time, such as Detroit in the 1890s,” says Ed Glaeser, Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard. “Startups come, they succeed, and then it becomes progressively less friendly as the area becomes wealthier. A few dominant firms emerge and they eventually end up pushing out startups. Areas then have to find a way to reinvent themselves.”

fastcompany: MIT neuroscientists recently watched the brains of 63 entrepreneurs and managers, and spotted a key difference: Entrepreneurs use their whole orbitofrontal cortexes, enabling them to be more flexible problem solvers.

fastcompany:

MIT neuroscientists recently watched the brains of 63 entrepreneurs and managers, and spotted a key difference: Entrepreneurs use their whole orbitofrontal cortexes, enabling them to be more flexible problem solvers.

What does your workspace say about you? Peep the desktops and work rooms of creative geniuses - from Pablo Picasso to John Updike - for some workspace inspiration. (via 40 Inspiring Workspaces Of The Famously Creative)

What does your workspace say about you?

Peep the desktops and work rooms of creative geniuses - from Pablo Picasso to John Updike - for some workspace inspiration.

(via 40 Inspiring Workspaces Of The Famously Creative)

Click here to embiggen (see full infographic) The office environment has come a long way since the 1950s. This infographic shows the dramatic transformation of fashion, gender roles — even our desks — over the years. (Via Visual.ly)

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The office environment has come a long way since the 1950s. This infographic shows the dramatic transformation of fashion, gender roles — even our desks — over the years.

(Via Visual.ly)

Click here to embiggen (see full infographic) Use this infographic to understand the risks, reasons and costs to starting a startup.

Click here to embiggen (see full infographic)

Use this infographic to understand the risks, reasons and costs to starting a startup.