@bowman

Happy. Humanist. Hoops. [email protected]

 Kansas City, MO
Joined August 2008
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When I was young I thought management was about distribution/delegation of responsibilities. I now realize it is truly about the maintenance of morale and motivation. Morale and motivation are moving targets that require consistent and proactive effort to maintain.
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My original Uber application on March 10th, 2011 included a deck with expansion plans for Los Angeles. They were only operating black cars in San Francisco at the time. I spent 50+ hours on the deck and emailed Travis & Ryan. Amazing to read now. slideshare.net/Jamorris24/ub…
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How to build a blockbuster product: -own a rigid constraint -align with a world-class designer + developer -eschew most negative popular opinion -find 1 unique distro angle -ride a cultural tide -have a simple story -identify an obsessed early adopter cohort -be good to people
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At 89, anything with the word “crypt” in it is a real turnoff for me. xitter.cf/MyDCTours/status/95337…
Norvel Wood@MyDCTours16 Jan 2018
Replying to @boonepickens
@boonepickens Good Afternoon Mr. Pickens! What are your thoughts on Cryptocurrency?
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Jeff Bezos 1999. Next time you want to give up, think of this.
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Amazon vs. Google: The numbers surprised us adventur.es/the-foundation
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*order pjs on Amazon *go to bed *wake to someone putting pjs on me Me: WHAT IN THE HOLY- Amazon employee: SHHHHHH, this is part of Prime now xitter.cf/NBCNews/status/9233610…
NBC News
@NBCNews26 Oct 2017
Amazon will now deliver inside your home and record the whole thing nbcnews.trib.al/qEmgYjz
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Very interesting paper about how Uncertainty in Markets (price/safety) reduces size of market. unc.edu/~shanda/courses/plcy…
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It is so weird to me that with all of our capabilities as a species we still don't have a fucking clue which foods are actually healthy.
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IQ of Mom best predictor or IQ of children ind.pn/2wdA1dh
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Bowman retweeted
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@naval15 Jun 2010
My 1 repeated learning in life: "There Are No Adults" Everyone's making it up as they go along. Figure it out yourself, and do it.
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Wow. "The Week My Husband Left And My House Was Burgled I Secured A Grant To Begin The Project That Became BRCA1" huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-mary…
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Twitter continues to be one the most magical serendipity engines in the history of consumer software
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On this day in 1995: eBay was founded. It was initially called AuctionWeb
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@ajlkn14 Jul 2017
1998: Bezos 2017: Bezos Prime
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Idea: a hackathon tournament featuring famous entrepreneurs and founders. Imagine seeing the legends in our industry compete for 48 hours.
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Never expand locations, geos or markets until your model is dialed in. Impossible to go from 1 to N while still trying to go from 0 to 1.
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I am looking for a summer product intern @Tinder (fun stuff🔥). Please follow & DM with suggestions/bio links. Retweets are appreciated.
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Find someone who looks at you the way Mark Zuckerberg looks at the Duke basketball players.
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Just a couple of John Stockton fans 😂
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