This morning i was forwarded this link from a business school classmate (yes, creatives can have MBAs…ok EMBA).
http://www.dollarshaveclub.com/
Check it out.
For one, it’s a great idea. The demo video is pretty brilliant, hilarious. In fact, the whole presentation is brilliantly done.
But here’s what i noticed that made me smile.
when you click the about button, you are greeted by this:
“Like most good ideas, The Dollar Shave Club started with two guys who were pissed off about something and decided to do something about it…”
Gentleman, there isn’t a brilliant idea out there that didn’t start with someone being angry and deciding to do something about it.
Kudos to the guys at Dollar Shave Club…rage and shave.
My good friend Shalom Auslander just released his first novel. It’s a great read and the New York times agrees….
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/books/review/hope-a-tragedy-by-shalom-auslander-book-review.html?_r=1&ref=books
Shalom turns rage into laughter. A brilliantly healthy coping mechanism.
Leaders thrive when they feel creatively empowered, when they trust the people around them, when their confidence is swelling. Leaders make mistakes when they lose that same confidence, when they’re fretting about their power base, when they’re reacting instead of acting. The worst kind of leaders hang on too long, get seduced by their own voice, start doing things from memory — because that’s the way we’ve always done it! — stop thinking outside the box, start playing checkers instead of chess.
Pulled this from Grantland. Terrific observation by Bill Simmons specifically about David Stern
(Source: grantland.com)
There has never been a lack of places to say something, just interesting things to say.
