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Essential Entrepreneurial Enabler: Herding Cats
Driving forward in a startup almost always comes down to herding the relevant cats into alignment to achieve the goal at hand. Herding cats requires an essential blend of skills – and the results can be quite value-creating.
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A Sense of Urgency
Speed is a startup’s greatest advantage, therefore, startup leaders and teams must always act with a sense of urgency. This is such a comprehensive driver that I find it weaves together many of thoughts shared on this blog over the past 18 months.
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An Ownership Mentality
Entrepreneurs have an ownership mentality. An awareness that the buck starts and stops with them. This truth underpins many aspects of the experience of creating a business from scratch.
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The Value of Education
Startup CEOs need to bring a diverse set of skills to the table, yet what is the right balance between leveraging formal education and real-world experience to build that skill set?
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Are You Ready to Make the Decision?
Leading a startup means making important decisions with incomplete information. Achieving startup success demands relentless forward motion, so when do you have enough to make a bet?
