The Bullet List

Focus, Focus, Delete, Focus, Focus, Delete

via blog.summation.net

Check out Auren's latest post, To Grow a Company, You Need to be Good at Killing Things.

Moving on from things that don't work was the hardest career lesson for me to learn. I always wanted things to work and assumed that "hard work" would make it better. (Corresponding lesson: hard work doesn't equal good work.)

I've seen the same lesson in tech, finance and retail. It might be as small as a marketing campaign that you worked months on or it might be as big as a business line that you've pinned your hopes on, but knowing when to move on from an investment is a key effective strategic planning.

And I'm going to start ending all my posts with a comic.

He Must be an Expert, He's Wearing a Tie

via www.fastcompany.com

Congrats, Anil, on the launch of Expert Labs. You're the perfect person to bridge media, tech, politics and democracy. Even if you have to wear a tie once or twice a year.

PS. Beware the cufflinks. :)

OH: Seth Godin seminar was the most amazing professional experience of my life, http://bit.ly/3u8q54

Visit Seth's blog post about non-profit webinar: http://bit.ly/3u8q54

Vote for the TypePad One / Six Apart Support team!

Go vote for the TypePad One support team. We're included as the Six Apart team.

http://www.supportawards.org/Voting/Software

Interview with Reid Hoffman on CNNMoney

LinkedIn's startup story: Connecting the business world

Nice interview and personal history of Reid Hoffman, founder, entrepreneur and all around good guy

Are You Hiring? Or Just Leasing?

Via Being Peter Kim

Today's workers want to merge their passions and profession.  We should choose where we work with an "opt-in" mentality and opt-out just as easily.  Isn't that what at-will employment means?  But what company is ready to foster this type of open culture?

And check out the comments and links for more thought-provoking ideas.

Brilliant: Andy Wibbels on Pre-Twitter Iran Marketing

Andy Wibbels' Buzz Marketing in 1953 Iran

To successfully start a viral marketing campaign, you have to create a sense of disruption. You have to create ideas worth spreading. You have to influence the influencers and create fertile ground for your marketing messages to take root...

Required Social Media Reading: Anil Dash on Facebook Usernames

Required reading for social media gurus: Anil Dash predicts the your next 24 hours.

June 13, 12:45am: 70% of commenters mention that "Facebook Username" can be abbreviated "FU", and each thinks he is the first to think of it.

June 13, 1:00am: #FUFacebook becomes a Trending Topic on Twitter.

Check it out at dashes.com.