Archive for October, 2009

Investors Can Cause Companies to Fail

Blog on October 28th, 2009 0 Comments

Here’s an idea for you. I call it ‘The Inverse Law of Ambition’. Founders who focus, obsessively, on small things seem more likely to grow massive companies. Founders that focus on growing huge without paying attention to the small things, fail. Facebook is the best example of this rule in action. Even today, it is [...]

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For Startups: Vision and Focus, Capulet and Montague

Blog on October 23rd, 2009 0 Comments

‘Sr. Bee meets Sr. Sunflower‘ by robstephaustralia via FlickrImage is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution licence Some quick thoughts on one of the hardest things to do as an entrepreneur (or intrapreneur) – holding both a big vision and a brutal focus in your mind at the same time. They sound like contradictions and [...]

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Startup Momentum & Rock Stars with Steve Sammartino

Blog on October 20th, 2009 0 Comments

Guest blog post by Steve Sammartino from Rentoid. Steve is also hosting a Startup School in Melbourne (Nov 7-8) and Sydney (Nov 21-22). It’s highly recommended by me (Mick) as Steve has great, real experience buildings startups – with success and failures – and combines it with tornado strength passion. Don’t miss it. I’ll try [...]

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