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  • June 19, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs don’t do mediocre

Mediocrity is the cousin of relativism.   “We’re not the fastest, but we’re not the slowest.”   “We don’t have the best service, but we’re better than most.”   “We’re

  • June 18, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs are loyal

  Loyalty. A simple word.   What is loyalty? It is having your partner’s back. Always.   It is going into battle knowing that the man on your right and

  • April 17, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs make time

  Sometimes it seems you simply can’t get to everything. There just are not enough hours in the day, not enough days in the week, not enough months in the year.

  • April 15, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs get up off the floor

  Entrepreneurs take risks. And when it doesn’t worked out, they dust themselves off and try again.   You will never know whether you’re an entrepreneur until you’ve picked yourself up.

  • March 3, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs are anti-fragile

    Nassim Taleb’s book, Antifragile, is a bible for entrepreneurs.   The theory is to set up your life in such a way that not only are you resilient to shocks,

  • February 24, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs are cheesy

  The world is full of people that will try make you feel like a fool for being yourself.   They want you to conform. They want you to be

  • February 21, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs only need one reason

  In Anti-fragile, Nassim Taleb talks about our tendency to find multiple reasons to justify our actions.   He argues that one reason is enough. If you need more that one

  • February 20, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs think the unthinkable

  Many people use scenario planning as a tool for ensuring they are prepared for all eventualities. No doubt it is valuable in this manner, but there are two even

  • January 22, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs are tough

  I once had a setback in business.   I felt hurt and betrayed. “Woe is me” was written across my forehead.   Whilst I was regrouping, I took the opportunity

  • January 21, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs don’t fight fair

  Some people preach the importance of fighting fair. Be noble. Stick to the rules.   These people are not entrepreneurs.   An entrepreneur knows there is no such thing as

  • January 19, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs know what they don’t know

    If you want to know what your strengths are, you need to start with learning what your weaknesses are.   What are you not good at. What don’t

  • January 18, 2016
  • Alan Knott-Craig

Entrepreneurs are self aware

  You must be yourself. You can only be yourself if you know yourself.   You can only know yourself if you keep pushing your limits, keep taking risks, keep