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iPad: an Apple for Mom | danieltenner.com
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. IPad: an Apple for Mom. January 28, 2010. Comments Off on iPad: an Apple for Mom. To much of the geek-sphere, the iPad is somewhat of a disappointment. It’s underwhelming there’s nothing all that surprising in there, no oh, and one more thing to throw some real techno-magick spices into the pot. We saw it coming from a hundred miles away, so now that it’s finally here, there isn’t much surprise left. Most people don’t need a computer. She do...
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The advice process – definition and usage tips | danieltenner.com
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. The advice process – definition and usage tips. November 6, 2014. Comments Off on The advice process – definition and usage tips. One of the immediately interesting ideas I picked up from Reinventing Organizations. And since have discovered in other places, like Joy at Work. So far, we’ve been using the Advice Process at GrantTree. How do you end up with the Advice Process? Is the top-down model. It’s the dominant decision model in...Some pe...
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Evolving purpose: a GrantTree story | danieltenner.com
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. Evolving purpose: a GrantTree story. February 24, 2015. Comments Off on Evolving purpose: a GrantTree story. Many people consider the purpose of a company to be something static and set at birth, or changing only very rarely. The truth is, the purpose of a company evolves as the founders and the company evolve 1. We started GrantTree in 2010 when Woobius unexpectedly ran out of money 6 months early due to a bookkeeping error 2. We needed to ...
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On my way to work, Ep 12 – Your beliefs have power | danieltenner.com
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. On my way to work, Ep 12 – Your beliefs have power. December 10, 2014. Comments Off on On my way to work, Ep 12 – Your beliefs have power. This is almost a boring, clichéed, cheesy idea these days, that your beliefs have power. But it’s a powerful idea. But beliefs drive actions, not just the actions you take but also the options you see. Where you can make changes is yourself. Like all good ideas, this is nothing new. Who survived the death...
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. An Open Letter to Tony Hsieh. May 11, 2015. Comments Off on An Open Letter to Tony Hsieh. I also completely agree with where you’re trying to take Zappos. I believe that teal/open (or holacratic) cultures are a better way to operate, in many ways, with many advantages, at the very least for the people working there. I wholeheartedly agree with the objective you’re pursuing. Come to life, albeit on a much smaller scale at GrantTree. My observ...
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An Open Letter to Tony Hsieh | danieltenner.com
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. An Open Letter to Tony Hsieh. May 11, 2015. Comments Off on An Open Letter to Tony Hsieh. I also completely agree with where you’re trying to take Zappos. I believe that teal/open (or holacratic) cultures are a better way to operate, in many ways, with many advantages, at the very least for the people working there. I wholeheartedly agree with the objective you’re pursuing. Come to life, albeit on a much smaller scale at GrantTree. My observ...
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. Page 2 of 6. Six steps to open cultures. January 23, 2015. Comments Off on Six steps to open cultures. Shares, via this Zapiers article. Six steps to getting to an open culture. Check yourself: are you personally transparent? Be sure other company values are in place. Hire with transparency in mind. Start slow and steady. Equip yourself with the tools for transparency. Remind yourself: transparency is not for everyone. So, my deviation from ...
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Why an open salary policy always wins | danieltenner.com
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. Why an open salary policy always wins. March 23, 2015. Comments Off on Why an open salary policy always wins. Kind of reiterating some of the points I’ve made here. Not much to add, really! Read the whole thing here. Culture must be grown step by step. Who is Daniel Tenner? Founder of GrantTree, Woobius and swombat.com, speaker, writer, amateur investor, DJ, and happy entrepreneur. An update on the Advice Process. April 9, 2016. May 11, 2015.
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The fungible worker – or not | danieltenner.com
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. The fungible worker – or not. January 17, 2015. Comments Off on The fungible worker – or not. 8216;s an interesting article by Jeff Lonsdale. About what he calls the “fungible worker”. Jeff examines some of the old arguments about whether technology spells the end of the human worker, whether it will drive everyone out of work, etc. He dismisses the classic Luddite argument and instead lands on an interesting point:. The efficiency of provid...
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Charlie Hebdo: A victory | danieltenner.com
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Startups, company culture, technology, music, writing and life. Charlie Hebdo: A victory. January 8, 2015. Comments Off on Charlie Hebdo: A victory. On this glorious first week of the year, it is worth considering who it is that won the day yesterday, in the 11. For this sombre celebration, I will borrow the words of a great Author, Romain Gary, who spent his life fighting this battle, as a self-described “champion of the world”, and described these old enemies of humanity in 1962. Meet the monkey gods:.