Philosophy

Steve Hammer on February 18th, 2011

It just took a few words for me to sound like a corporate drone.  As  a start-up veteran, It was painful to realize that I uttered the following words: “I’m looking to get a resource to…” My head is saying that I have some money to hire someone, and I’m ambivalent as to how they [...]

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Steve Hammer on January 19th, 2011

My wife called me out one day on my desire to always be the hero.  It’s a very strong word, and it was clear that it was pointed out as a character flaw more than an admirable feature.  Rather unsuprisngly, she’s quite right. If a friend has a problem, I’ll do what it takes to [...]

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Steve Hammer on April 8th, 2009

When you are a kid, there are a lot of influences on you and your general outlook on life.   Parents are obvious, music is pretty common, teachers are important.  For me, there was one that was critical, and seems pretty unusual: the movie ‘Real Genius’  It happened to be on cable last night, and I [...]

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