Comments on: Invitation to a Beheading http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/09/invitation_to_a_beheading.html Redfin Corporate Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:09:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Glenn Kelman http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/09/invitation_to_a_beheading.html/comment-page-1#comment-3725 Glenn Kelman Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:10:07 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/09/invitation_to_a_beheading.html#comment-3725 @Meks: you can find it on John Cook's blog, but it had seemed unkind to link to it. Hey Selly! thanks for offering your old Amazon manager some encouragement. Maybe that French courtier wasn't entirely right... @Meks: you can find it on John Cook’s blog, but it had seemed unkind to link to it.

Hey Selly! thanks for offering your old Amazon manager some encouragement. Maybe that French courtier wasn’t entirely right…

]]> By: meks http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/09/invitation_to_a_beheading.html/comment-page-1#comment-3724 meks Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:28:41 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/09/invitation_to_a_beheading.html#comment-3724 Can somebody please point us to the article/post mentioned above? Can somebody please point us to the article/post mentioned above?

]]> By: Selly http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/09/invitation_to_a_beheading.html/comment-page-1#comment-3723 Selly Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:24:46 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/09/invitation_to_a_beheading.html#comment-3723 Glenn, Your appreciation for the necessity for a touch of the crazy is appreciated. We entrepreneurs walk that tough line between crazy-dedicated and work-horses. James Hong (founder of HotOrNot) and I had coffee a few months ago and I thought he put it terrifically--"Founding a company is committing yourself to years of self-inflicted bipolar disorder". You have to listen to the constant barrage of nay-sayers, straining to hear that one nugget of valuable constructive criticism. The CEO's who listen and the CEO's who don't are both emotionally exhausted at the end of the day, but those that manage to hear the gem of wisdom are heralded as geniuses, those that miss it are maniacal crazies. One of my favorite lines [Gold Five, Star Wars IV]: "Stay on Target. Stay on Target." Seems like a good idea until he blows into smitherines. For the CEO of a start-up the difference is subtle, the outcome is similarly absolutely unforgiving. To the above-referenced CEO, my former manager @ the 'Zon, I'm sorry to see this happen--keep your head up, find the nugget of wisdom in the story and keep moving on. Cheers, Selly Glenn,

Your appreciation for the necessity for a touch of the crazy is appreciated. We entrepreneurs walk that tough line between crazy-dedicated and work-horses. James Hong (founder of HotOrNot) and I had coffee a few months ago and I thought he put it terrifically–”Founding a company is committing yourself to years of self-inflicted bipolar disorder”.

You have to listen to the constant barrage of nay-sayers, straining to hear that one nugget of valuable constructive criticism. The CEO’s who listen and the CEO’s who don’t are both emotionally exhausted at the end of the day, but those that manage to hear the gem of wisdom are heralded as geniuses, those that miss it are maniacal crazies.

One of my favorite lines [Gold Five, Star Wars IV]: “Stay on Target. Stay on Target.” Seems like a good idea until he blows into smitherines.

For the CEO of a start-up the difference is subtle, the outcome is similarly absolutely unforgiving.

To the above-referenced CEO, my former manager @ the ‘Zon, I’m sorry to see this happen–keep your head up, find the nugget of wisdom in the story and keep moving on.

Cheers,
Selly

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