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Simple TO-DO lists for Mac: TaskPaper

October 22nd, 2009

Everyone who’s busy and want to be more organized should use to-do lists. At first my to-do list was my Gmail account, but it did not worked for me (if you use your email as to-do list I would recommend to watch this video: Inbox Zero by Merlin Mann). Then I tried to keep my to-do’s in multiple text files – one file for every project I’m working on, and one file called today.txt whith my most important tasks for today – this was a bit complex system, but was working for me.

taskpaperAnyway, few months ago I found this simple and easy to use application called TaskPaper. I love it! I recommend to try TaskPaper for all of you who feel that you are not 100% happy with you to-do manager.

For Mac users who want an easier way to make lists and stay organized. TaskPaper is a simple to-do list that’s surprisingly adept. Unlike today’s complex organizers, TaskPaper lets you focus on getting things done.

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Business failure reasons

September 29th, 2008

Today I stumbled upon a Jason Calacanis’ post to his email mailing list called “(The) Startup Depression” (I’ve put a link to a Google search because the original post was removed from TechCrunch). Some thoughts I liked the most:

There are three reasons why businesses can fail: 

  • it’s a bad idea 
  • bad execution
  • outside factors 

Examine your business with these three filters to see where you’re at.

Outside factors are the things you cannot control, but Execution and Ideas are the things that you should review and re-estimate very often if you want your startup to succeed. Here’s how Calacanis ofers to do this:

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The right people

September 15th, 2008

This morning I stumbled upon a nice article named “Elements of a Successful Start-up“. Author overviews various aspects of start-up success discussed in blogosphere. Lots of interesting and useful tips.

I like this quote from TechCrunch’s post about hiring right people:

The most important part of hiring correctly is to not hire the wrong people. The second most important part of hiring correctly is to hire the right people. What that means is that it is better to not hire anyone at all if you can’t find the right person.

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The right people are the ones that really, really want to work with you. You can tell they’re excited to be a part of the team. They actively look for problems to solve, and then solve them. This is a personality type that is very easy to spot once you know what to look for – they have fire in their eyes. They’re warriors.

I totally agree with this. I have seen lots of interesting projects/ideas die because of hiring wrong people.

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