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
dime lens million nickel penny seem until
If a lens makes a penny or a nickel or a dime a day, it doesn't seem like much until there's a million of them.
buy click link
to click on a link or buy online.
former people yoga
We've had people who were yoga instructors. ... We have a former marine, and we have everything in between,
gorilla offense online people walks
No offense intended...Most people online are gorillas. When a gorilla walks into an experiment, what they say is 'What do I do now? Where's the banana?'
ability asset change changing fast single
The ability to change fast is the single most important asset in a world that's changing fast.
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.
wonder
What Wonder understood, that Otto did not, is that if your idea spreads, you win,
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.
dream circles outcomes
Who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle.
inspirational running goal
Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.