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Sally Simms

On dust — how we attend to things

A reflection on care, attention, and expressing experiences that I rediscovered today — written hastily in August 2015, two apartments and…

Apr 9, 2019

Apr 9, 2019

Sally Simms

Centering our lives around work is breaking our ability to connect with each other

Millennials are centering their lives around work — deriving their life’s meaning through it, “turning to their employers for community”…

Feb 21, 2019

Centering our lives around work is breaking our ability to connect with each other

Feb 21, 2019

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Group Project

Why does everything in our lives feel like work?

Earlier this week I cried at dinner as I talked about what my work takes out of me, though I love it. My companions, fellow high-achievers…

Jan 11, 2019

Why does everything in our lives feel like work?

Jan 11, 2019

Sally Simms

6 things femme founders need to know

I’ve spent the last two years starting a complex software company as a solo female founder. It has changed me, my worldview, and my way of…

Oct 4, 2018

6 things femme founders need to know

Oct 4, 2018

Sally Simms

8 things a founder does that don’t feel like “work” — but are

One of the best and hardest things about entrepreneurship is realizing workdays that don’t look like “work” are often the most generative…

Oct 4, 2018

8 things a founder does that don’t feel like “work” — but are

Oct 4, 2018

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in
Group Project

Innovation Is A Collaborative Landscape, Not A Competitive One

The common narrative of innovation is competitive. The image is a footrace — innovators sprint to push the cutting edge, chasing new ideas…

Jul 19, 2018

Innovation Is A Collaborative Landscape, Not A Competitive One

Jul 19, 2018

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in
Group Project

Automating Intuition is Annoying but it’s a Good Idea

Why is a handmade chair so much more beautiful than a mass-produced one from Walmart? Why are people better than computers at so many kinds…

Feb 8, 2018

Automating Intuition is Annoying but it’s a Good Idea

Feb 8, 2018

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in
Group Project

The Google Memo is Good for Women at Google

As an ex-Googler, a woman, and the founder of a bias-fighting enterprise software company, for the past couple weeks I’ve been getting a…

Aug 17, 2017

Aug 17, 2017

Sally Simms

We’re a bus company. Releasing art. Why?

Feb 5, 2016

We’re a bus company. Releasing art. Why?

Feb 5, 2016

Sally Simms

On hosting Hatch at Buster HQ

Originally posted to the Buster blog.

Jan 20, 2016

On hosting Hatch at Buster HQ

Jan 20, 2016

Sally Simms

Sally Simms

Founder of Group Project, Brooklynite from Virginia, ex-VP Product + Ops at Buster, ex-Googler, always experimenter / groupproject.co / sallysimms.com

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