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The Pivot?
It’s funny how we humans assign different names to concepts that have existed for a long time. We coin new terms that embody old concepts. Take the concept of ‘The Pivot‘.
It’s become the new buzzword in Entrepreneurship circles thanks to Eric Ries and his Lean Startup concept:
Lean startup guru Eric Ries recommends that start-ups refine their business models through small tweaks—or pivots. (more…)
Innovation posts of the week: Five habits of great innovators
- Nine Ways to Test an Entrepreneurial Idea – HBR
- Innovative companies are constantly obsoleting themselves via @ralph_ohr
- Only Outthinkers Will Survive Today’s Paradigm Shift - Fast Company
- No Vision = No Innovation by @ovoinnovation
- How to prevent ideas and opportunities from falling through the cracks – SmartBlog Insights
- Staying Ahead of Innovation Challenges by @richardsona
- The Five Habits of Great Innovators – Fast Company
Being creative has more to do with being fearless than intelligent
Being creative has more to do with being fearless than intelligent.
Fearlessness gives birth to new knowledge. It’s only by taking the unknown path, the road less traveled that you’ll find and create new knowledge. Don’t be afraid to be wrong, what’s wrong is not being open to new ideas, to change, to stumbling onto unfamiliar situations to being the best you can be.
I propose we cultivate fearless curiosity to explore our own potential. With that I leave you with a quote from someone who knows a little bit of being fearless:
“The greatest fear people have is that of being themselves. They want to be 50 Cent or someone else. They do what everyone else does even if it doesn’t fit where and who they are. But you get nowhere that way; your energy is weak and no one pays attention to you. You’re running away from the one thing that you own – what makes you different.”
- 50 Cent
Must read books for entrepreneurs
Are you looking for some new reading material that can help you be a better entrepreneur?
A few days ago venture capitalist Fred Wilson posted a few books he thinks upcoming entrepreneurs should read, from over 150 comments came more suggestions and a list of must read books for entrepreneurs was born.
You should know that these are not pure business books but a combination of novels and fiction books with great stories.
VIDEO: Jeff Bezos on what he’s learned as an entrepreneur
Today as part of Zappos and Amazon’s partnership, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh posted a memo
that contained a video of Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos sharing what he’s learned as an entrepreneur.
He confesses that everything he knows is a very short list and so here they are:
- Obsess over customers. The reason Amazon exists today.
- Invent. Never accept either or thinking when there’s a problem, figure out a solution that gets both things.
- Think long term. Dangerous Beauty the movie Any company that want to obsess over customers, any company that wants to invent has to think long term.
- It’s always day 1.
There’s always more invention in the future.
Some great tips from an unconventional entrepreneur.
