Insights and ideas
Explore thought-provoking perspectives from my long-running entrepreneurial blog.
You can’t rely on the competition to make a mistake
You competition will make mistakes. You’ll benefit from them. You just can’t your strategy around it. Your plan should be
The world is surprising
When you make a prediction and its wrong, the automatic lesson learnt is that you should have made a better
Things that never happened before happen all the time
Every day there is a unique event in the history of world. That’s why predicting the future is so difficult.
Beware bullies
Not only are bullies unpleasant human beings, but they are inherently cowardly. Cowards are inherently dishonest. They will do anything
There is no map
It’s not easy being an entrepreneur. Sometimes you just wish someone would make a map that you could follow. Bad
As a shareholder, your most important relationship is with the CEO
And vice versa. Don’t ignore your CEO. Don’t ignore your shareholders.
Hang out with people that believe in you
You get to choose who you spend your time with. People that believe in you, or people that don’t. The
Success will seduce you into thinking you can’t lose
Even the smartest people can be seduced. Resist it. You CAN lose. No matter how many wins you’ve had in
Don’t be afraid to change your mind
Things change. New information presents itself. Yesterday’s decision is wrong. It’s ok, there no shame in changing your mind. So