Kyle's Findings.

Make things.

There are so many conferences these days, so many voluble, charismatic leaders, and so much noise. I talk to a lot of entrepreneurs in their 20s who are knowledgeable about the valuations various Y Combinator startups have attained, know the names of all the angel investors in the Valley, have in-depth knowledge of the Facebook diaspora and their doings, have opinions on various Zynga acquisitions, and know exactly how to get Andrew Mason on the line…it boggles the mind. These are good things to have in your tool kit. But I want to hear about things out there that they love. About loving the thing they’re building. There’s less of that.

Caterina Fake talks about how she’s inspired by the stuff that others have made. I couldn’t agree more. Somewhere along the way it seems we got mixed up and started talking about building things more than actually building things.

It’s good to talk, network, philosophize and follow startup news. But it’s all for naught if it doesn’t result in us putting new, tangible things into other people’s hands.