How to find what sticks

As an entrepreneur, sometimes you just have to throw all your ideas at the wall to find what sticks. Looking back on my career, it seems that's what I did. From 2000-2004 our tiny little skunkworks company launched around 2 dozen aspirational projects. Many of them companies, most of them different experimental community-based website platforms. Since then, my career has been about honing in on the bits that work and continually simplifying and focusing on building those things. Meanwhile we let those projects that didn't stick fall off the wall, which can sometimes be the hardest part.

Make things. Lots of things. If you make enough, something's bound to stick!