Alchemy: the ancient art of turning base metals into gold. The idea that something simple can be magically turned into something that is worth significantly more. Well no one seems to have done it yet, or at least if they have they are keeping it quiet. Making something simple normally takes a lot of hard work and ThruYou is no acceptation. It must have taken hours, but it is true musical and video alchemy. A guy called Kutiman has scoured the internet for musicians and sampled them and cut them together to make some amazing music songs and videos. These totally unconnected clips come together to make something worth significantly better and more valuable than the sum of the parts and that is a big idea. He uses singers and people playing instruments and credits all the people who have unwittingly made it happen. It is magical and my favourite one is I’m New.
Friday, 20 March 2009
Values may raise and fall, past performance is no guarantee of future results

Having looked at apportioning equity before, it is a minefield. Seth Godin has a Big Idea on how to sort out this tricky problem. Dont go 50 / 50 or 70 / 30 straight off. Start with 5% each and then draw up a list of what you are going to do over the next couple of years and what % value of the company that is worth. If you dont do it, you dont get it, allowing for more flexibility and a fairer sharing of the pie. Full article here. I love the idea of this as you get what you earn. Any entrepreneur worth their salt will back themselves to out perform, so it is a great way to get things moving.
Armchair traveller
The annoying this is that I have seen the cars doing the mapping, but cant remember where I was exactly when it happened, so I have a fair amount of searching to do to find myself…
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Confidence is feeling bulletproof

Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Don’t just ski, satski


Thursday, 5 March 2009
Idea time

Timing, it really is key. No matter how big or brilliant your idea is, you still have to work on the timing. From Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder getting the pause just spot on, to launching the latest high tech gizmo before the competition have even thought of it, get it right and the results are amazing. Yeeeeee.com (I think I got all the eee's in there) have a great gallery of photos taken at just the right time click here for more.

Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Does a Moon pig go Moo?


To err is human, to Arrrgghhh is Pirate

There are a lot of things on the sea bed and many a diver wishes they can discover sunken treasure or fascinating wrecks. Jason Taylor, a British artist has gone one step further and created an underwater gallery click here for more details. His big idea is that by creating a fabulous underwater gallery, people can experience a Vesuvius like exhibition. The installations of people emerge ghost like from the Panamanian water, which must be a bit of a shock if you dont know they are there. They are in shallow water, so can be viewed by snorkelers, divers and people in glass bottomed boats. They will develop over time and eventually become reefs in their own right. His site takes you through the full artistic justification of this, but for me, the more buried treasure out there for people to come across the better.
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