How to Get Started, Doing Things that Don't Scale, and Press (How to Start a Startup 2014: 8)

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What it was like before having this hand or like having like any hand? It was pretty hard. I get bullied a lot, and like I really wanted to be part of a team. I wanted to have friends. I wanted to act like I actually had like a right hand, and it wouldn’t…

[Music] I love classic movies. H. Bard, Gregory Peck, all those old-timers. In other words, my prime time was the ‘50s. [Music] My mother used to take us to the shopping malls and the big stores. I saw these old-timers doing the elevators. I observed them…

What are the one or two things that are necessary, um, for a software platform to succeed at scale? You mentioned speed, but what are some of the qualities that are necessary, um, for one of these platforms to win? You know, what in the end of the day det…

Hey, it’s me, Destin. Welcome back to Smarter Every Day. I grew up here in Alabama, like most kids in the area, learning how to catch lightning bugs and putting them in a jar. It’s a magical memory that most of a share. But today, on Smarter Every Day, we…

[Music] Some of the objects are so valuable that it’s like what we call hand carry, and that’s basically the courier is handcuffed to the briefcase and escorted through security. The golden wreath of Meup, it’s like a crown, would have gone on her head a…