this is a summarized transcript of his talk here:

http://video.svb.com/video/12-Lessons-Steve-Jobs-Taught-Gu#c... Lessons Steve Jobs Taught Guy Kawasaki

I think the reason it reads bland is that it is a short summary. I found his talk amusing and better presented than what he listed here.

At the bottom:

    Lessons Learned

    - New buildings are a distraction.
    - You should avoid them at all costs
    - Building upgrades can destroy a culture

He seems to be totally against new buildings.

Great post. This is similar to the idea of a site my friend and I put together called Lessons Learned (http://lessonslearnedby.us/).

We've only just started coding on it again after focusing on ramping up another more easily monetizable project with investor interest, but even in its simplest form we found that it makes a huge difference when walking away from a situation to say not just "well that rocked/sucked" or even "won't do that again" but to ask ourselves "what lesson can I learn from this?"

It seems being mindful and asking the right questions, consistently, pays immense dividends.

I'm adding this question to my list. One could even say I've "learned" a "lesson" :)

I am a subscriber of Lessons of hn but do not stand to benefit in any other way. The peraon behind LHN does not work on a schedule.

Rather he/she seems to send only when there is something genuinely worthwhile. Consequently it is never spammy and is one of the newsletters I truly look forward to.

Also it helps that, each newsletter is one plain hn comment. So it is not stuffed with fillers, while also being extremely insightful and relevant.

Other blogs that might help you run a better business:

Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen,
Master of 500 Hats,
Lessons Learned,
cdixon.org,
Steve Blank's Blog,
Venture Hacks,
Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing,
...etc

I just don't see why they will put anonymous banker there...

You are correct - confirmed in this video: Lessons of JSON

'A recent (and short) IEEE Computing Conversations interview with Douglas Crockford about the development of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) offers some profound, and sometimes counter-intuitive, insights into standards development on the Web.'

http://inkdroid.org/journal/2012/04/30/lessons-of-json/

{ Thank you Douglas for your vision :) }

Ah! I know about Lessons of Darkness and wanted to watch it. But couldn't find it on Netflix. I'd have to rent Amazon/Google Play or sign up for Netflix DVD service. But I put on my list of things to watch.

Never heard of The White Diamond, so thanks for suggestion, I'll add it to my list as well!

this is one paper that reads well -- Lessons for California Fire Use from Western Australia ; doi: 10.4996/fireecology.0902014 ; Fire Ecology Volume 9, Issue 2, 2013

in that, they discuss controlled burning among other things.. they reference Dr Scott Stephans who was lead author on

'Drought, Tree Mortality, and Wildfire in Forests Adapted to Frequent Fire' February 2018 / BioScience

where it is stated, summary first paragraph :

Massive tree mortality has occurred rapidly in frequent-fire-adapted forests of the Sierra Nevada, California. This mortality is a product of
acute drought compounded by the long-established removal of a key ecosystem process: frequent, low- to moderate-intensity fire. ...
The scale of present tree mortality is so large that greater potential for “mass fire” exists in the coming decades, driven by
the amount and continuity of dry, combustible, large woody material that could produce large, severe fires. For long-term adaptation to climate
change, we highlight the importance of moving beyond triage of dead and dying trees to making “green” (live) forests more resilient.

I follow a decent amount of video essay channels on YouTube, some better than others, here are a few that I think operate around the same level of quality as Every Frame a Painting:

Lessons from the Screenplay - Similar to EFaP but for screenplays (obviously)

Wendover Productions - Many topics but generally focuses on Logistics, Aviation, Economics, Geography, and their intersections

Ahoy - Video games, firearms, and their intersection

NoClip - Video games; Their format is more traditional documentary as opposed to video essay, but I feel compelled to mention them here due to their quality work (disclaimer: I donate to them via Patreon)

Such software has been available for decades, been shown to be superior to human diagnosis, and yet has not been accepted by the medical community. Doctors will likely continue to push back. It may require restructuring of the medical education community (perhaps a' la the movie Idiocracy) to bring about utilization.

"50 years of successful predictive modeling should be enough: Lessons for philosophy of science (2002)"

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.217....

Idiocracy, the movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

Your main concern is the safety of your money. This savings isn't supposed to make money for you, that's what the business is for.

You can put it into a savings account or CDs at an FDIC/NCUA-insured bank or credit union, and that'd work just fine, but make sure that you stay UNDER the insurance limit (currently $250k), otherwise if the bank goes, so does the portion of the deposit beyond the limit.

If you're feeling curious about other options, a money market account[1] would work too, as would short-term treasuries via TreasuryDirect. But it's likely the case that neither of those will be better than a plain old bank account.

As an aside, there are some states which allow banks to buy private deposit insurance (eg ASI), but I don't trust that system; it's already failed many times in the past[2]. Basically, if they don't have a FDIC or NCUA logo at the bottom of their page, skip it. However, I've only seen one place that actually used that crap (SF Fire CU).

[1] I'm referring to actual money market mutual funds (which are NOT insured like a bank deposit, but are regardless considered 'safe money'). Some banks offer "money market" accounts, but they're identical to the normal insured savings accounts with a different label slapped on the front.

[2] https://www.clevelandfed.org/Research/commentary/1994/0501.p... "Lessons from the Collapse of Three State-Chartered Private Deposit Insurance Funds"

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This is probably more info than you really need, so here's the tl;dr version: Yeah, a savings account is fine. Just keep the balance under $250k.

4. It is smart to have founders have their stock vest over time, so if you get into a founder dispute, and one or two leave...it is possible for the founders that stay on to have their work continue to be recognized by continued vesting of their stock, and that departed (and thus no longer contributing via personal effort) founder/shareholders cannot be excessively benefit from the remaining founder's activity by owning shares disproportionate to their continuing activity and commitment.

More than a few startups fail, by neglecting to consider the changes that may come in founder relationships. It is important to talk about departure consequenses.

You may find it enlightening to review a few Venture Capital blogs. Here are a few.

Sam Altman "Lessons Learned" -
http://blog.samaltman.com/startup-advice

George Grellas - Startup Law 101 Series - Grellas Shah LLP -
http://www.grellas.com/faq_business_startup.html

Mark Suster - Both Sides of the Table -
Raising Venture Capital -
http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/pitching-a-vc/

I like Lessons from the Screenplay and Wendover Productions, but Every Frame a Painting seemed to have something that those channels are missing.

I think it helped that the creator (Tony Zhou) is himself a filmmaker and editor. It felt like I was watching a well-done film about films, rather than a "video essay". A lot of these other media analysis channels seem to be from fairly ordinary people without professional experience.