Continual Improvement

• The Monster In Your Head » Comfortable with Uncertainty
  Great post about uncertainty and why reducing uncertainty won't create certainty.
  (tags: uncertainty startup certainty leadership action comfort entrepreneur)
• Memo to CEOs And Founders: Share The Love
  Great article… He forgets to point out the increased odds of succeeding at all when the option incentives are more proportional.
  (tags: startup entrepreneur compensation equity startups vc business ceo options investment money)

• Mike Lunt's Blog: Introspecting the retrospective
  This is a post from my work blog discussing changes to our retrospectives.
  (tags: agile process retrospective meetings.)

• StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide
  This is a good reference for food storage. Surprise info: place opened wine in the freezer to keep fresh.
  (tags: food shelf health advice nutrition reference cooking storage safety)

• Want healthy knees? Try barefoot running
  Looks like the Consumer Report people aren't completely convinced on the barefoot running. (Neither am I.)
  (tags: running fitness exercise barefoot shoes feet knees)
• The Friction of Agile « The Agile Executive
  Organization debt is the perfect metaphor for describing corporate conflict.
  (tags: organization debt management strife corporate agile)

• CT Scans Linked to Cancer – WSJ.com
  I've been hearing more about this over the past couple of years. Go with the MRI if possible.
  (tags: ct scan medical radiation mri cancer doctor)

• Alice.com
  Online shopping – Manage all of your Home Essentials
  (tags: via:bwhichard shopping online retail groceries free alice)

• Mike Lunt's Blog: QA Testing – To cloud, or not to cloud…
  Should we move part or all of our engineering lab to the cloud? We currently have an internal project to determine what makes sense for our expansion.
  (tags: cloud development QA testing ec2 rackspace amazon virtualization)

• Gloomy Data on VC Funds | Texas Startup Blog
  While I'm sure VCs could start raising more money, this is not a good forecast for future startups.
  (tags: starup venture VC funding entrepreneurship money)

Walking the trails in Steiner.

Originally uploaded by Mike Lunt.

• Angels and Control | Why not offer the entrepreneur this sort of deal.
  This is an interesting approach. My favorite quote: "an entrepreneur’s illusion of control"
  (tags: business startup career VC venture funding angel entrepreneurship illusion)
• Job hunting? Watch what you tweet
  There's not doubt this is true with blogs, and I've done some quick searches in the past. Everyone should Google themselves to see what a quick search will turn up.
  (tags: twitter tweet socialnetworking job resume career)

• Phys Ed: Can Running Actually Help Your Knees?
  Phys Ed: Can Running Actually Help Your Knees?
  (tags: running health knees arthritis fitness exercise aging via:texflats)

• Workplace rudeness is contagious
  I've always said a negative attitude spreads like a virus, and this proves it.
  (tags: rudeness virus viral negative attitude workplace office productivity)

• Clouds are gathering over the venture capital industry – San Jose Mercury News
  Strong forecast for the VC world. It seems a bit extreme in mind, but if it's true, starting a company will be much harder in the near future.
  (tags: venture capital VC entrepreneurship Andreeseen)

• Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
  Interesting point of view about developers and other mental craftsman. It's probably a tad impractical for any company of any size.
  (tags: productivity management programming meetings collaboration development)

• Despite end of IPO drought, U.S. venture-backed liquidity market at 6-year low – Austin Business Journal:
  In addition, the median amount of time it took to reach liquidity via M&A was 4.5 years, 25 percent less time than the 6-year median in the second quarter of 2008.
  (tags: venture st)