In many instances people think they should sink the other ships to win the race but that -as it turns out- this is not true. They think in this way because they are thinking about a zero-sum game. However, that is not always the case, there are many environments where you can benefit more from […]
Author Archives: Roc Reguant
How to estimate a market size using facebook?
It always fascinated me how could estimate the market size. Many times, you have this wonderful idea but it turns out that no-one was asking for it. So here I’m going to explain how to estimate the market size using available resources in a very “rule of thumb way”. So, the reason why I’m using […]
Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining
“Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining” – Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt seemed to be a very interesting persona. With many wonderful quotes and speeches like the man in the arena, April 1910. This speech I would say is the long version from today’s quote. Complaining about things does not help. We […]
Hiding API keys in python using anaconda environment variables
First you should have anaconda 😉 Then we need to find out where the environment is located echo $CONDA_PREFIX We’ll create create the sub-directories cd $CONDA_PREFIX mkdir -p ./etc/conda/activate.d mkdir -p ./etc/conda/deactivate.d touch ./etc/conda/activate.d/env_vars.sh touch ./etc/conda/deactivate.d/env_vars.sh We’ll have to input the variables in ./etc/conda/activate.d/env_vars.sh For example here we will add a secret key and a […]
Summary: Pre-suasion by Robert Cialdini
Dr. Cialdini is the writer who brought the influence to the mass market with his first book Influence. Towards the end of 2016 he then later published a new book: Pre-suasion. He intended to extend and build upon his previous work. Overall the book was quite fast to read, full of examples and stories that […]
Business model navigator
I the Business Model Navigator pdf article one can find the 55 business models that exist now. Any company that generates revenue is using at least one of them (if not more). This may become handy sometimes.
External vs internal motivators
Recently I did a post on why do people follow the rules ‎which is tightly linked with this one. One could say that the external motivators may be the rules and the internal motivators the discipline. But in my opinion it does not work like that. External motivation comes from others cheering you but also […]
We follow the rules
We follow all the rules is the sentence that rises a big red flag. If a company has to advertise that they follow the law that means that there is something sketchy about it. If a person says that he or she follows the rules be wary that they may be playing on a thin […]
Hell yes or no
Most of the time we roam around earth without a clear direction. We let the winds guide us, we accept everything, we take up activities because some friend asked. Just because we don’t dislike something it does not mean that we like it. Yeah, I could read this book, but it’s an ok book. Wouldn’t […]
We live in a society where we put each other’s genitals in our mouth but we don’t like the black spots on the bananas
We are full of contradictions. You think you’re smart because you are able to point out the contradictions of the others but you don’t escape them either. Some examples: Work so we have money for our retirement vs. Be with our families and enjoy them now. We need to do both. Democracy vs. People making […]