Daniel dos Reis

Born 1977 in HAM. C64 owner, BBS operator, Quake player, traveler. Studied Business Administration. Worked as consultant. Lived in MUC & CGN. Ex-Director MobilyVentures.com in RUH. Current: Senior Portfolio Manager dso.ae. Living & enjoying life in DXB.

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The bass put a big smile on my face. Massive one.  

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In my personal top 10 of best movies and best scenes of all time. The music, the acting, the whole story, simply everything is just perfect. 

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Maître Gims - Loin (pilule violette) (Audio) ft. Dany Synthé, soFLY & Nius

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Escape Velocity.

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The 11 Bad Habits Killing Innovation in Your Company

Taken from a guest post of Alexander Osterwalder on the blog of Steve Blank. 

The current business model dominates the agenda “...managing the present often takes oxygen away from inventing the future” 

One-size-fits-all decision making hurts speed & inventiveness

Insisting on untested and detailed business plans  “Business plans actually maximize the risk of failure because of the focus on executing an unproven idea rather than testing it.”

Opinions matter more than evidence 

Outsourcing customer discovery and testing “You can’t hire outside professionals to test and learn from customer interactions and make decisions for you“

Senior leadership too busy for hands-on innovation “...leaders have to be more than just sponsors of new business ideas. Decision makers are the ones who can make things happen.“

Obsessing about competitors rather than customers “You can’t drive forward by looking in the rear view mirror.”

Focus on technology risk at the expense of other risks

Innovation is career limiting “...in most organizations any type of failure is seen as a negative for your career. ...  prestige in companies is measured by who commands the largest budget and staff.”

Innovation is siloed from Execution “...the execution engine deprives the innovators from access to valuable resources like customers, brand, or skills.”

Integrating new ideas into the execution engine too quickly “New ideas are fragile and they need to be carefully nurtured and scaled before they are integrated into the execution engine with its rigid processes, key performance indicators rules, and procedures.”

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My favorite podcast. Guy Raz is interviewing Founders who made it and get them to tell their stories ‘How they built this’. A couple of commonalities emerge from listening to different Founders:  

Success doesn’t came overnight

It’s never a one-man show

They have an idea they strongly believe in

You need to leave your comfort zone

They were not in for the money (or say to get rich)

They launched with something that hardly qualifies as prototype

Building a company is difficult

Nothing of this is new but more like common wisdom, however, its still interesting to identify a set of patterns by listening to the stories of successful Founders. 

Link: http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this 

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If your why is strong enough you will figure out how!

Bill Walsh

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Just perfect. 

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Jackie Brown | ‘Across 110th Street’ (HD) - Pam Grier | MIRAMAX

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Uncharted 4 - loading screens

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You can’t do the same things that other people are doing and expect to outperform. When you do what everyone else does you're going to get the same results everyone else gets. It's not enough to be different — you also need to be correct. The ability to risk looking like an idiot is necessary for being different. You never look like a fool if you look like everyone else.

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2016/04/second-level-thinking/

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Pure gold. Fantastic selection of tunes in great mix. 

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SIDO feat. KOOL SAVAS - Fly away (Musikvideo) Mashup