Archive - Happy Warrior by Seth Bannon

Lessons from Fred Korematsu

Nov 6, 2024 •

September 2024

Startups are like blitz chess

Watch your clock

Sep 23, 2024 •

March 2024

Growing fast with atoms

Building in atoms vs bits doesn't mean slower growth

Mar 11, 2024 •

March 2023

Defensibility in the Age of AI

Create the data, control your future

Mar 28, 2023 •

July 2015

Biotech in the Garage

Much like the costs of sequencing the human genome,1 the cost of founding a biotech startup is dropping precipitously.2 If current trends continue…

Jul 7, 2015 •

March 2015

Startup Solidarity

We often hear about how the startup world is different – about how it’s less zero-sum and more communal than other industries.

Mar 11, 2015 •

February 2015

The dangerous allure of the "Billion Dollar Startup Club"

Yesterday Forbes published a piece on “The Billion Dollar Startup Club”.

Feb 19, 2015 •

July 2014

Mistakes You Should Never Make

I was walking to a team meeting where I was going to announce that we would likely have to lay off nearly all of our employees because we unexpectedly…

Jul 23, 2014 •

January 2014

"Vacations are for the weak"

We all understand the absurdity of that old adage “sleep is for the weak”.

Jan 2, 2014 •

September 2013

April 2013

Disrupting New Domains

“We can still learn from history the invaluable lesson that an enormously powerful and profitable evil can be overcome.”

Apr 18, 2013 •

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