Comments on: Twentysomething: Start a company in 3 days with 70 friends http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:18:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: hofHeapsemefs http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-186738 hofHeapsemefs Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:24:55 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-186738 Sweet blog. I never know what I am going to come across next. I think you should do more posting as you have some pretty intelligent stuff to say. I'll be watching you :) <a title="roulette strategy" href="http://www.roulettesniper.com" rel="nofollow"></a> Sweet blog. I never know what I am going to come across next. I think you should do more posting as you have some pretty intelligent stuff to say.

I'll be watching you :)

]]> By: Employee Evolution - How Gen-Y Is Decentralizing Corporate America http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-109840 Employee Evolution - How Gen-Y Is Decentralizing Corporate America Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:53:52 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-109840 [...] Read the rest at The Brazen Careerist. [...] [...] Read the rest at The Brazen Careerist. [...]

]]> By: Startup Weekend Comes to NYC!  »TechAddress http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-107638 Startup Weekend Comes to NYC!  »TechAddress Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:35:38 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-107638 [...] Penelope Trunk has a good overview of how the weekend works. If you are interested in participating, signup. Spread the word to all NYC startups, VCs and entrepreneurs as this is a great way to meet some of the top talent in the city and also learn about how to create a business. [...] [...] Penelope Trunk has a good overview of how the weekend works. If you are interested in participating, signup. Spread the word to all NYC startups, VCs and entrepreneurs as this is a great way to meet some of the top talent in the city and also learn about how to create a business. [...]

]]> By: Cynthia DuVal http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-107161 Cynthia DuVal Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:16:18 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-107161 Thomas Malone wrote a book called The Future of Work that that is worth reading to understand some of the history of decentralized organizations. He writes about centralized and decentralized organizational structures and provides some great examples of the two, how they co-exist, their characteristics and applications for both. Decentralization has been around; what's new is the technology to support decentralization and how popular this technology has become outside of corporations. Now corporations are scrambling to understand the cultural phenomena that is driving the technology adoption and they are investigating how to use these technologies and the cultural phenomena for business purposes. Thomas Malone wrote a book called The Future of Work that that is worth reading to understand some of the history of decentralized organizations. He writes about centralized and decentralized organizational structures and provides some great examples of the two, how they co-exist, their characteristics and applications for both. Decentralization has been around; what's new is the technology to support decentralization and how popular this technology has become outside of corporations. Now corporations are scrambling to understand the cultural phenomena that is driving the technology adoption and they are investigating how to use these technologies and the cultural phenomena for business purposes.

]]> By: Startup what? http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-105082 Startup what? Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:50:52 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-105082 [...] the co-workers) need crystal clarity.  So I started sending people to Penelope Trunk’s blog posting about [...] [...] the co-workers) need crystal clarity.  So I started sending people to Penelope Trunk's blog posting about [...]

]]> By: josie http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-104538 josie Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:08:38 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-104538 This post left me confused. While Facebook's product may be undeniable proof that Gen-Y is bringing decentralized organizations mainstream, the company behind it is not: reporting goes up the ladder to a CEO through VP's and C-levels. Wikipedia, Craigslist, Facebook -- the products may foster non-hierarchical communities, but the companies that drive them are CEO-led hierachies. Don't most great ideas would eventually flail without clarity of leadership? This post left me confused. While Facebook's product may be undeniable proof that Gen-Y is bringing decentralized organizations mainstream, the company behind it is not: reporting goes up the ladder to a CEO through VP's and C-levels.

Wikipedia, Craigslist, Facebook — the products may foster non-hierarchical communities, but the companies that drive them are CEO-led hierachies. Don't most great ideas would eventually flail without clarity of leadership?

]]> By: genxer http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-104252 genxer Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:47:44 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-104252 <p>What is an open-source website? That sounds like something Al Gore would say. Do you mean user-powered? :)</p> ******** <i>User powered is the word I was looking for, thanks. I never thought anyone would compare me to Al Gore on this blog! I guess there is a first for everything. -Ryan</i> What is an open-source website? That sounds like something Al Gore would say. Do you mean user-powered? :)

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User powered is the word I was looking for, thanks. I never thought anyone would compare me to Al Gore on this blog! I guess there is a first for everything.

-Ryan

]]> By: Kent Jenkins http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-104251 Kent Jenkins Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:39:15 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-104251 "When you put a group of talented, motivated young people together for three days without bosses, titles or egos, things seem to magically run very smoothly." Isn't that pretty much what they said at Woodstock? In the 60s, the world was never going to be the same because of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Today, apparently, it's all different because of Facebook, Craig's List and tech startups. Decide for yourself whether this is progress. The fact is, every generation brings new attitudes and experiences that change society and the work place. And, yes, technology is accelerating the pace and visibility of change. But it's sort of sweet to hear to folks who are experiencing for the first time breathlessly tell the rest of us that nothing like this has ever happened before. I think it was Solomon who said in Ecclesiastes that there's nothing new under the sun. But, hey, he's not on YouTube, so what does he know? "When you put a group of talented, motivated young people together for three days without bosses, titles or egos, things seem to magically run very smoothly." Isn't that pretty much what they said at Woodstock?

In the 60s, the world was never going to be the same because of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Today, apparently, it's all different because of Facebook, Craig's List and tech startups. Decide for yourself whether this is progress.

The fact is, every generation brings new attitudes and experiences that change society and the work place. And, yes, technology is accelerating the pace and visibility of change.

But it's sort of sweet to hear to folks who are experiencing for the first time breathlessly tell the rest of us that nothing like this has ever happened before.

I think it was Solomon who said in Ecclesiastes that there's nothing new under the sun. But, hey, he's not on YouTube, so what does he know?

]]> By: Quasar9 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-104242 Quasar9 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:20:30 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-104242 Hi Ryan - Quite If it's for fun it can be great fun If it's for 'business' - it takes on form You can only have seventy people building a tower block or pyramid, if they each now what they are doing or meant to be doing - and they are all pulling in the same direction or heading the same way! Hi Ryan – Quite
If it's for fun it can be great fun
If it's for 'business' – it takes on form

You can only have seventy people building a tower block or pyramid, if they each now what they are doing or meant to be doing – and they are all pulling in the same direction or heading the same way!

]]> By: Neil Fitzgerald http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-104228 Neil Fitzgerald Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:34:49 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/07/17/twentysomething-start-a-company-in-3-days-with-70-friends/#comment-104228 "The company was successfully started but no product had launched to the public." What measurement of a company would class it as successful if it had no product (or service) available? "The company was successfully started but no product had launched to the public."

What measurement of a company would class it as successful if it had no product (or service) available?

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