The concept of Joy’s Law of Management is blissfully simple and a rock solid elephant to keep in the corner of your mind while managing a multi-dimensional field of battle:

“No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.”

Always wise to remember when surveying one’s strategy, competition, or a mysterious new entrant. As an homage to Bill Joy, Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems, and his management principle here is a tribute to some of the best blog posts about startup thinking that have massively influenced this digital production:

• PMarca Guide to Career Planning by Marc Andreessen
• Is it Time for You to Earn or to Learn? by Mark Suster
• Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule by Paul Graham
• The world’s worst boss by Seth Godin
• The Day You Became a Better Writer by Scott Adams
• How to get rich in tech, guaranteed. by Startup L. Jackson
• Sorry Startup Employee #100, Your Equity Probably Won’t Make You Rich by Hunter Walk
• Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (109 Models Explained) by Shane Parrish
• Most People Won’t by Bryce Roberts
• How to Tell the Truth by Ben Horowitz

Guaranteed you managers will find something in these hyperlinks that will help immensely. Timeless, invaluable, FREE resources. What a world!