Show #61 Daniel Pink on Startups and Motivation (part 2)

The Startup Success Podcast

This week Bob and Pat conclude our interview with Daniel Pink, bestselling author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.

In this show, we quiz Daniel on why public education systems don’t teach how to select your own motivation, how organizations can build that into their business DNA, get some answers for questions for Dan posted by our listeners, how he personally integrates work and personal time, and more.

The scientific research and conclusions Dan brings to the modern business world go a long way to explain why some startups founders succeed, others run out of steam, why some companies will succeed and others fail as we continue moving to an world based on creating ideas, not running assembly lines.

If you’re a web designer or web developer, open source or .NET, Microsoft WebsiteSpark and StartupToDo.com have free Microsoft software for designers and a six month scholarship to StartupToDo.com you may be interested in. For details and how to apply, visit http://startuptodo.com/websitespark/.

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Bob Walsh is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.

Patrick Foley is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com

URLs mentioned/relevant to this show:

• The Microsoft WebsiteSpark StartupToDo.com Scholarship: Microsoft WebsiteSpark is sponsoring 130 StartupToDo.com six-month scholarships for web designers and developers. Info, details and how to apply at http://startuptodo.com/websitespark.
• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
• Daniel Pink’s web site.
• Here’s a TED presentation by Daniel.

Show #60 Daniel Pink on Startups and Motivation (part 1)

The Startup Success Podcast

This week Bob and Pat start an interview with Daniel Pink, bestselling author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.

If you’ve ever wondered why sometimes when doing creative work you’re highly motivated and other times unmotivated, this is part 1 of a 2 part interview that may profoundly change your life.

The scientific research and conclusions Dan brings to the modern business world go a long way to explain why some startups founders succeed, others run out of steam, why some companies will succeed and others fail as we continue moving to an world based on creating ideas, not running assembly lines.

Also, the Microsoft WebsiteSpark StartupToDo.com Scholarship is now available for 130 web designers and developers interested in free Microsoft tools and improving their businesses. For details visit http://startuptodo.com/websitespark/.

Download Show #60 here: Show #60 Or if you prefer, Subscribe to the podcast in Apple iTunes.

Bob Walsh is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.

Patrick Foley is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com

URLs mentioned/relevant to this show:

• The Microsoft WebsiteSpark StartupToDo.com Scholarship: Microsoft WebsiteSpark is sponsoring 130 StartupToDo.com six-month scholarships for web designers and developers. Info, details and how to apply at http://startuptodo.com/websitespark.
• Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
• Daniel Pink’s web site.
• Here’s a TED presentation by Daniel.

Show #58 Greg Jones, Bookkeeping Express.

The Startup Success Podcast

This week Bob and Pat talk nuts and bolts, billing and bookkeeping with Greg Jones, CEO of Bookkeeping Express. A startup is a business and an outsourced, tech-aware, certified bookkeeper using a state-of-the-art online accounting system can do bookkeeping tasks better, and save you money at the same time. Time to put on your COO hat, pull up a chair, and have a listen.

Download Show #58 here: Show #58 Or if you prefer, Subscribe to the podcast in Apple iTunes.

Show Note: We’re interviewing Daniel Pink, author of several books, most recently Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (#35 presently at Amazon.) [Daniel at TED] on motivation March 7 – Got questions? Add them to this Answers.Onstartups.com thread!

Bob Walsh is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/bobwalsh or you can email him at bob.walsh@47hats.com.

Patrick Foley is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/patrickfoley or you can email him at patrick.foley@microsoft.com

URLs mentioned/relevant to this show:

• Bookkeeping Express
• Sponsored by: StartupToDo.com, a subscription-based online training/productivity community for startups and microISVs. Be Successful Faster!