Investors Can Cause Companies to Fail

Blog on October 28th, 2009 No 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 1 Comment

‘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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Posse: Making Great Burgers Before We Open McDonalds

Blog on April 28th, 2009 No Comments

Over the weekend, we released Posse. Here’s some coverage in the Australian newspaper. The idea came to Posse CEO, Rebekah Campbell, when she was struggling to sell Evermore tickets in Perth. Recruiting the fans to work for the band quickly fixed that problem and planted the seed for a new web business. Here is the [...]

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