Lessons from the PayPal developer conference

PayPal’s developer conference in early November, the company’s first such event, gave some good lessons for tech companies that want to create their own developer communities. Since that seems to include most tech firms these days, we thought it might…

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Harvard Business Publishing: Umair Haque - What Apple Knows That Facebook Doesn’t

Too often, we don’t recognize the power of platforms - even in Silicon Valley. Nilofer Merchant, Rubicon’s CEO, writes frequently on the topic and ties it together with strategy. The piece below by Umair Haque, draws an interesting difference between…

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Lessons Learned

I constantly remind myself to learn. No matter what the experience, how tough or how painful, if I’ve learned something from it, I can live with it.

Pay attention to what you’re learning. Work to incorporate those lessons into the next meeting, the next experience, the next version of the document.

When you need to know more - ask. Then ask again. Even when you don’t think you need to know more - ask. There’s always something that’s been missed - find it.

Particularly when you’re feeling that you’re in a cave without a flashlight, keep going forward by asking questions and taking action. Asking questions is a great way to silence doubt.

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