category strategic-planning 
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 23, 2021
Anyone who works with entrepreneurs will tell you that all are different. These are the ultimate chess players in the game of business, always looking to be two or three moves ahead of the competition. Some might say that Elon Musk epitomizes this category. Of course, discovering your entrepreneur type is only the beginning.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 31, 2018
Rather than enhancing the offering you have, develop and offer new products that capitalize on the customers that you already know well. Rather than rely only on linear thinking, the best entrepreneurs are always looking to offer in parallel a more dramatic new alternative. Redefine your product to reach a new category.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Anyone who works with entrepreneurs will tell you that all are different. These are the ultimate chess players in the game of business, always looking to be two or three moves ahead of the competition. Many might say Donald Trump epitomizes this category. The Opportunist is the speculative part of the entrepreneur in all of us.
InfoChachkie
AUGUST 8, 2011
Poker] exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great.”. Amarillo’s advice is consistent with my comments in the Startup Competition ; get to know your competitors on a personal basis, while appearing as innocuous as possible. In business, such players are analogous to serial entrepreneurs.
SoCal CTO
JUNE 9, 2010
Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” Tesla is not. It's a great talk. It says what?!”).
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 31, 2018
Pursue strategic alliances and partnerships. Find ways to work with your competition. This approach to growth, usually called “coopetition,” capitalizes on the unique strengths of close competitors for a win-win situation for both. Another approach is to add services that are related to your current product line.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 14, 2012
99.9999% of you won’t be contemplating raising capital at $500 million any time soon or selling for a billion. My friend Christin Herron of Intel Capital weighed in on the issue. ” In this week’s discussion with entrepreneurs I think the word impending wasn’t used often enough. . Christin goes on.
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