My point is that focusing on "maximizing shareholder value" instead of innovation and customer experience is what got RIM in trouble in the first place. It seems no lessons have been learned.
Mr. Heins (new RIM CEO) says "we are undertaking a comprehensive review of strategic opportunities including partnerships and joint ventures, licensing, and other ways to leverage RIM's assets and maximize value for our stakeholders."
Can you imagine Steve Jobs saying stuff like "maximize value for our shareholders"?
Steve was obsessed with providing a user experience that blew people's minds and designing products that changed the world. And he did, repeatedly.
RIM's leadership has no vision, and so there is no chance they will survive.
Is it a print magazine or website? Website is less risky obviously. Going the print publication way will surely lead you to financial failure and starvation.
I say do it, but be okay with not having all the answers right now, but that other revenue opportunities related to your startup will likely manifest themselves.
I wonder if introversion/extroversion are umbrella terms for a wide range of meshing cognitive and personality traits.
For instance, we all default to a particular attentional style. To use the actor Woody Allen as an example, he has a classic narrow-internal attentional style (introspective, perhaps slightly neurotic) which suggests he's an introvert, yet these traits works for him socially on many levels.
But is he introverted? I think he and many people transcend that label.
Silicon Valley investors (PG included) prefer to invest in young rockstarish startups, so why are we surprised when we see these high profile startups do immature and sexist things?
If maturity and manners were important to investors, they would be screening for it. As far as I know, they are not.
I see a need here, and if contactformify is dead simple to use, then I think you have a big market because not many companies seem to get it right (Wufoo notwithstanding).
There is another aspect of the apology that seems to be forgotten around here. Forgiveness.
Yes, maybe they screwed up (I screw up more by 7am than most people do all day), but when someone apologizes the decent thing to do is accept it and move on with your life (and let them do the same).
Trying to overcome a thought or feeling is like struggling in quicksand. You only give it more power and it will suck you in.
Here's what I suggest you do instead. Every time that feeling comes up, say "yeah sure, I'm a fraud" and keep on working. Keep on shipping. Try it. Actions always speak louder than words anyway.
One more thing. It's the best advice I can give you. Go listen to The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, or read the teachings of Buddha. You are thinking too much and creating suffering for yourself. These books will help you stop.
My parents want to move to the States from Canada (long story) and it's staggering all the paperwork they need to fill out.
One of the requirements is to document everywhere you have lived for the past 16 years, including home addresses. With all the places they have lived in Canada, it's taken them weeks to Columbo up the information.
Myself, I've lived five places in 6 months about 10 years ago (another long story). Recollecting those times and places is something I'd rather not do.