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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Do You Keep A Mental Model?
Most entrepreneurs have unique life experience. Many have encountered adversity. They tend to be thoughtful and self-aware. The humble entrepreneur is also reflective. She questions where she has been, what she believes and how it translates into her business. This … Continue reading
Posted in The Soft Stuff
Tagged entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, Fitness, Self Quantification, Stewardship, the soft stuff
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The Mythology of “The Secret Formula” – “Do This, Not That”
With the explosion of content and publishing on the Internet, there is no shortage of advice for anyone – especially entrepreneurs! (See Surviving the Entrepreneur Content Apocalypse.) It often seems that entrepreneurs chase a “secret formula” that every entrepreneur can use to … Continue reading
Posted in Mythologies
Tagged beliefs, entrepreneur, entrepreneurs, mythologies
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Lack of Persistence – Out of Sight, Out of Mind
The third challenge is persistence. If you miss a post – it is gone! And chances are, you will miss most meaningful posts. With personal conversion rates of under three tenths of a percent, the chances of you seeing relevant … Continue reading
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Distraction – The Loss of Focused Attention
The second challenge is distraction. Distraction is so common in our online experience that we have come to expect it. And worse – we often accept it. But it doesn’t have to be. There is an increasing understanding of how … Continue reading
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Side to Side – Another Way to Think About Vision
It is often assumed that entrepreneurs have “vision” – often described as the ability to look forward. But the most important part of vision may be different than what you believe. Most entrepreneurs know where they came from – vision from … Continue reading
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Tagged business models, purpose, Vision
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The Mythology of “I”
Are you an “I” leader, or a “We” leader? Responsibility Bias As Adam Grant so eloquently explains in his work Give and Take it is human nature to have “responsibility bias” – all of us believe that we are more … Continue reading
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Are You on the Right Track, Wrong Track?
Rarely does an entrepreneurial hypothesis stand the test of time – at least not in its entirety. There often comes a time when you have to pivot. Change is almost always in the air. Why? – Because entrepreneurs take … Continue reading
Posted in Gotta Ask
Tagged entrepreneur, entrepreneurs
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Fragmentation
The Cost of Network Switching “Fragmentation is the first of the three big dysfunctions in social communication as we now know it. In “social” we often become awed by the big numbers. There are 1.6 billion people on Facebook. Twitter supports … Continue reading
Posted in The Social Net
Tagged attention, fragmentation, social networking
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Social is Big! So Why Is it Broken?
Like most emergent trends, social networking as we know it will evolve. If you are a frequent social media user, you understand that “social networks” are largely broken. If you are a business, you similarly understand that social networks … Continue reading
Mythologies
And so it is with entrepreneurs. Mainstream tech media, tech folklore, conference anecdotes, senior advisors, venture capitalists, and many sources that shape entrepreneurial ethos perpetuate entrepreneurial myths “that just ain’t so”. The last, biggest, greatest thing – the last success … Continue reading
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