Seth Godin
Seth Godin
Seth Godinis an American author, entrepreneur, marketer, and public speaker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth10 July 1960
CityMount Vernon, NY
CountryUnited States of America
america base build delivery game games home magazine newspaper people playing popular relationship similar tv
The most popular TV show in America is a game show, ... People have been playing our games for years and are playing more and more games. The relationship they build is similar to a magazine that has a subscription base or a newspaper with home delivery customers.
company control
Give up control and give it away, ... The more you give your idea away, the more your company is going to be worth.
business exception information people spread super timely valuable
The thing about information is that information is more valuable when people know it. There's an exception for business information and super timely information, but in all other cases, ideas that spread win.
business ended lucky projects
I was lucky enough to co-found a business in college that ended up with 400 employees, and I launched 20 different projects while I was there - a project a week.
again building dying fascinated future imagine instead investing people product profits realize reinvest remarkable time unlikely
If a product's future is unlikely to be remarkable - if you can't imagine a future in which people are once again fascinated by your product - it's time to realize that the game has changed. Instead of investing in a dying product, take profits and reinvest them in building something new.
blogging clear crowd effective ignoring useful
Habits like blogging often and regularly, writing down the way you think, being clear about what you think are effective tactics, ignoring the burbling crowd and not eating bacon. All of these are useful habits.
build front lean people putting ships test work
If you're going to build a lean enterprise, you can test and measure how often the company ships iterations, how often it fails, how often it is putting things in front of people that don't work.
advantage dare easy greatest less settle squander taking
How dare you squander even one more day not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?
book stories paper
The only reason to buy a paper book any longer is to own it and cherish it and remember it and tell a story about it.
giving expectations people
Great boss is challenging people in the right way. Leading, not managing. Supporting them by giving them both a platform they can count on and expectations they can stretch for.
thinking giving found
I've found that giving gifts is transformative. It makes me better. It clarifies my thinking and allows me to do better work.
average people care
Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got to find the people who care. Those people are worth all of your time.
people feels treated
I feel like I'm treating people as I'd like to be treated.
jobs trouble raises
If you can raise money, you're never going to have trouble getting a job.