Brady Brim-DeForest – Tiny Thoughts

I am Brady Brim-DeForest. These are my thoughts.*

I am a serial entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel
investor & brand strategist.

I was founding CEO of Tubefilter.

I am Managing Director
of Marx&Trotsky.

I am co-founder of GoSustainable.

I am a member of the
Steering Group at DataPortability, and a
member of the board at
the Open Web Foundation.

I have a RSS feed and an archive. You can email
me, or follow me on
Twitter. On your phone?
Ask me a question.

Sep
8th

Thu

I don’t always use Photoshop, but when I do, I use only one layer.

Sep
2nd

Fri

Facebook never fails to remind me of my strange taste in things.

Aug
30th

Tue

via Kevin Oeser

Aug
27th

Sat

Quality is love.

Aug
24th

Wed

Republicans will blame Obama for the loss of Jobs.

(Source: inothernews)

If this is on the street, I can’t imagine what’s in the garage.

Aug
23rd

Tue

“Your best idea might be the one people laugh at.” — Bernadette Jiwa (via David Airey)

Jul
5th

Tue

Great example of packaging that communicates product features in a very tactile (and literal) fashion. (Designed by Ric Bixter)

Jun
28th

Tue

What we’re hoping to do is shift the paradigm of what design is. Design encompasses systems now, not just ‘making things look pretty.’ Designers have traditionally been paid a lot of money to make what people want; meanwhile, most startups fail because they make things that people don’t actually want! We need more designers who are trained in methods of getting to these ‘aha’ moments about customers, products, and use cases to consistently do that with startups. And that’s a great opportunity for designers to make a foundational contribution in a startup venture.

— A New VC Model That Turns Designers, Not Techies, Into Startup CEOs

Jun
21st

Tue

Got my shiny new @founderscard in the mail yesterday.