Holding lightly (not tightly) onto ideas

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lightly Holding not tightly to ideas

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WARNING: STRONG OPINIONS

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Mike Jones @imsickofmaps [lover , not a hater]

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Jack of all trades, master of none some v1 - Multimedia designer [’95 - ’97] v2 - Web developer [’97 - ’00] v3 - Lead developer [’00 - ’02] v4 - Architect [’02 - ’03] v5 - Consultant [’03 - ’04] v6 - Mobile applications developer [’04 - ’05] v7 - Collaboration consultant [’05 - ’07] v8 - Sales specialist [’07 - ’10] v9 - Product marketer [’10 - ’12] v10 - Manager, architect, developer, operations, box packer, coffee maker, leaflet poster... etc. [’12 - ??]

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Western Cape Labs ~ [ ] Smart apps for dumb phones Smart sites for busy people

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OPEN IDEA GENERATION OPEN IDEA EXECUTION

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What do you FEAR?

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The early bird gets the ... the second mouse gets the WORM

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Worth never producing something people actually or FEARING want need

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Do you have empathy?

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IDEAS NEED AIR TO GROW TO BE HEALTHY, STRONG AND LONG-LIVING

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lightly Holding not tightly to ideas

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Let's just call plans what they are: guesses Jason Fried OPEN IDEA EXECUTION

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ideas service data BUILD MEASURE LEARN

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OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE MINDSET Building with an

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software Not just not

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QUESTION: Are you willing to sign a full- disclosure agreement?

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Thanks. [email protected] @imsickofmaps http:/ /bitly.com/bundles/imsickofmaps/1