TV’s newest funny men, GoPro’s not-overnight success story, young ladies who launch, Guy Kawasaki flips on Apple, business advice from Pink Floyd, a video guide to growing your wolf pack, Exitround kills two birds with one stone… This week’s notable news and tantalizing tidbits for young treps:
1. Starring Stiller and Ferrell: Jon Stewart announced a hiatus from Comedy Central’s The Daily Show this week so the salty comedian could work on producing a serious drama called Rosewater. But rest easy, as more post-work-day entertainment is on the way: Will Ferrell, Bob Odenkirk and Ben Stiller are all getting new shows on IFC. (The New York Observer)
2. From zero to hero: The GoPro Action Hero, bite-sized HD video camera has revolutionized the way people document their lives. Founder Nick Woodman has an incredible story to tell about his 10-year journey from selling cameras out of the back of a van, to billionaire tech mogul. (Forbes)
3. Young ladies who launch: These young female entrepreneurs are making waves in all industries from entertainment to financial advice – working on breaking down the stereotype of ‘the lone wolf’ in the male-dominated world of startups. (Alley Watch)
4. How about this exit strategy? As a response to the talent crunch at many tech companies and the struggles growing startups face when the funding runs out, there’s the San Francisco based Exitround. A panacea for the world’s ills it is not, but it does solve two pretty pesky startup problems. (Wired)
5. Guy Kawasaki to advise Motorola: With the death of Steve Jobs, and the end of Apple’s meteoric stock climb, the unchecked reign of Apple seems to be at an end. Kawasaki, a former Apple evangelist, announced his new role: an advisor to Motorola. (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
6. Biz tips from Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is one of the biggest selling albums ever. It’s probably safe to say that your business has a lot to learn from this unique musical product. (InfoChachkie)
7. Grow your wolf pack: Networking can be an awkward and dull experience. In this video, Entrepreneur Magazine’s Colleen DeBaise provides some insightful tips for how to maximize your fun, minimize your anxiety and set yourself up for networking success. (Entrepreneur)
8. Focus, skip the microscope: Entrepreneurs have to focus, focus, focus to start a brand or launch a product, but focusing too hard can limit your perspective. Serial trep David Cohen dishes about running multiple startups and the balance between focusing and looking at the world through a pinhole. (Tech Stars)
9. Overcoming mistakes: This is the real world, mistakes happen. The key to maintaining a good reputation is learning how to handle yourself when you do inevitably foul something up. Here are six tips to recover from a workplace mistake. (LinkedIn Today)
10. Your Facebook reach: Facebook Insights and third-party analytic software can be inconsistent, slow and even inaccurate. With so much riding on the data collected from social media, some experts say you are reaching out farther than you think. (Inc.)
