Treppenwitz

Literally, ‘the wisdom of the stairs’. The striking reply that crosses one’s mind belatedly when already leaving, on the stairs. People are often angry because they did not have the fitting answer directly during a conversation. The term is old, but it was made popular by W. Lewis Hertslet who published his book in 1882 entitled ‘Treppenwitz der Weltgeschichte’. In that book, he writes: “Like to a petitioner who is just leaving after an audience, a piquant, striking words occurs to history almost always delayed.”

Two articles

Entrepreneurship is the soup de jour and the menu is these two articles that I dredged that are worth pondering:

Ben & Jerry’s v. Amazon

The Single Founder Myth

For a non-blog reader with big thoughts and ideas about the future, these were very useful for me moving forward.