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Part of the special challenge of being a startup is the near impossibility of having your idea, company, or product be noticed by anyone, let alone a competitor.
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Takers have a knack for generating creative ideas and championing them in the face of opposition. Because they have supreme confidence in their own opinions…
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…research… suggests that takers often have the confidence to generate original ideas that buck traditions… But does this independence come at a price?
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…research shows that givers get extra credit when they offer ideas that challenge the status quo.
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Speaking dominantly convinces group members that takers are powerful, but it stifles information sharing, preventing members from communicating good ideas.
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Good ideas are hard to find. And even the best ideas face an uncertain path to real-world success.
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When a risky idea succeeds… the payoff is fantastic. But it’s the failures that, while painful, provide the greatest return on investment.
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When our new ideas fail, it’s usually because we were overconfident about how well customers would understand and how much they would care.
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We all want a flash of divine inspiration that changes the world… We want to create something completely new. But amazing ideas don’t happen like that.
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…great innovation is built on existing ideas, repurposed with vision.
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