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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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I would only build the things that I need,” says Fried. “I’m really a big proponent of building products that we’re going to use.
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Always hire after you need someone, “after it hurts,” not before. When companies ramp up fast in anticipation of work to be done, it can be really hard to hire […]
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When companies have a “free only” business model—thinking they’ll make money later—they’re usually betting that “there’s going to be this magic switch they can flip.”
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Competition doesn’t put start-ups out of business. Rather the businesses tend to put themselves out of business by hiring the wrong people, being afraid of making money, and spending too […]
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Raising money upfront puts you in the wrong frame of mind. A ventured-backed company has to spend money. A self-funded, bootstrap company has to make money.
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If you really want to get creative and work on something, you need uninterrupted stretches of quiet time. Jason Fried says you need to keep the distractions out.
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It’s best if people stay away from each other while they are working, because when people are all together all the time, they tend to constantly interrupt each other.
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A conversation with the co-founder and president of 37signals.
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The conductor’s mother is a violinist in the New York Philharmonic, but he says her presence has assumed it’s proper proportion. “I’m lucky that she’s playing really, really well, and […]
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The conductor demonstrates some of the basic hand motions involved in his craft.
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A conductor has to allow his face to show the character of the music. “Sometimes your face looks more serious, sometimes it looks more animated, sometimes it looks more pensive. […]
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An orchestra has a momentum as it plays. Its flow can be affected and redirected, but the conductor must do it in an natural way to avoid jarring turns.
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A conductor is a motivator—his main job is to “bring everybody together and to get them to cooperate.”
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One of the most important skills a conductor must have is the ability to really focus. Gilbert says the confidence that comes from being well-prepared helps him get in the […]
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The conductor describes what he was thinking and feeling during his first performance with the New York Philharmonic.
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The conductor tries to make music as honest and natural as possible—but that doesn’t mean he keeps himself out of it. Gilbert says composers don’t necessarily know the best way […]
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The idea of showing the tempo to help musicians play together is basic—but conducting so much more than that. It’s about inspiring them and making the musicians feel that there’s […]
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A conversation with the music director of the New York Philharmonic.
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For the International Bach Competition in Germany, the 14-year-old pianist played a fugue from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, a piece which helped her become the first American ever to win the […]