Political candidates are fanning the flames of anger and distrust to gain popular support. This atmosphere brings out the worst in us.

Want to become a better leader who inspires their teams to win while creating a great environment that inspires? This is for you. 

Love this quote: “There are no bad teams, only bad leaders.”―Jocko Willink

The conflict between science and religion may have its origins in the structure of our brains, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Babson College have found.

Studies raise more caution about treating kids, but sizeable debate remains.

Probably one of the best in-depth posts this week: “The best founder/CEOs want to build long-lasting, strong companies. But this isn’t just a want, it’s necessary - especially today as companies stay private longer. The good news: You have a bigger opportunity than ever before to build a long-lasting, fundamentally important technology company.

The tough news: To do so, you must grow — personally and professionally — to a higher level than you might have experienced in your life before. Doing so means committing to building a company that can go “all the way” on its own.”

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. We also know that even though many of us who are experienced in startup successes & failures look at businesses and say, “That will never work” (as many people said about Uber) or “You can’t make any money in that business” (as many said about WhatsApp or Dropbox) and of course some entrepreneurs pull off extraordinary things we never thought possible.

“Most B2B markets are more complex than this. Business-to-business markets are usually a hodgepodge of multiple types of customers, product use cases, purchasing processes and geographic eccentricities. In these markets, getting to initial PMF is not that big a breakthrough - it’s usually just the start of a long process. As the company scales in these markets, it has to continually re-create new product market fits as it reaches saturation with the customers and use cases it can reach with existing products, channels and well-served geographies.”

Experts from Lippincott, Disney, and SoulCycle weigh in on how they craft happy experiences. “….we’re cognitively predisposed to remember surprises, too. And when you have employees primed to surprise customers, it’s far easier to pull off the feat.”

Short video overview of NASA’s new Orion deep space travel module. The module was first featured in the movie The Martian. 

Quantum computing is now within reach, thanks to a major breakthrough in which scientists demonstrate that a key building block of quantum computers, a quantum Fredkin gate, can be assembled. 

Also, if you have ever wondered what the heck a quantum computer is, there is a fantastic video explaining them. 

Want to get even more excited about the future??

“Much of this innovation is built on a foundation of expanding capabilities including increasing processing power, more connectivity, increasingly inexpensive memory and a proliferation of sensors. As our world becomes increasingly digitized it will also become increasingly democratized. Buckle up and get ready for our incredible future.”

Imagine if there were only 100 of us on the planet. 50 men, 50 women. Short video that really helps illustrate how unevenly divided the world is. Great short video!