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The beauty of Goodreads is that you know you’re sowing in a field where everyone, by definition and self-selection, loves to read.

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Guy Kawasaki
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: August 30
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Guy Takeo Kawasaki
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If you truly don't have competition, then zoom out until you can define some. Competition can be as simple as the reliance on the status quo, Microsoft (since at some point Microsoft will compete with everyone for everything), or researchers in universities. Pick something, because saying you have no competition at all is a nonstarter.
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Writing a book is as different from digital curation as night and day. Digital curation is a series of split-second decisions: good/no good. It can even be done algorithmically. Writing is process-intensive activity.
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The self-edited author is as foolish as the self-medicated patient.
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If you use social media right, you will piss people off. It's actually recommended!
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