A batch of the best highlights from what Edwin's read, .
Michael Dearing, who defined product marketing at eBay in 2002 and is now the CEO of the successful seed-stage fund Harrison Metal, used a simple but effective technique for getting people to criticize him. He put an orange box with a slit on the top in a high-traffic area so that people could drop questions or feedback into it. At his all-hands meeting he'd reach into to the box and answer off the cuff. A good friend of mine, Ann Poletti, who used to work on Michael's team, said that no matter how banal the question, he was "always amazingly respectful and took on each question thoughtfully."
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
Let’s assume that you’re not just good, but outstanding. You’re one of those exceptional executives that companies will surely hire if they have an opening. “Seen is as good as sold.”
Rites of Passage at $100,000 to $1,000,000+
John Lucht
Non-traditional categories of digital gaming, online video, messaging apps, smart home, and digital music are showing faster growth, with projected five-year CAGRs of 5 per cent – 21 per cent according to research from Omdia. Although of smaller value than established telco services such as mobile data, pay TV and broadband, these fast-growing markets are forecast be worth $513 billion (€469.8bn) by 2027, the two biggest areas being digital gaming and online video.
Forecast: Digital Consumer Services Worth $513bn by 2027