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Influence, Page 366
…partisan urges to favor and follow has arisen, evolutionarily, as ways to advantage our ‘we’ groups and, ultimately, ourselves.
Management, Page 366
…entrepreneurs know what their innovation is meant to do. And if some other use for it appears, they tend to resent it.
Management, Page 367
…the people who are running a new venture need to spend time outside: in the marketplace, with customers, and with their own salespeople, looking and listening.
The Messy Middle, Page 367
Realizing a deeply held conviction was wrong is a new lease on life. It means you’re still a student, still learning, and not done yet…
Management, Page 367
One cannot do market research for something genuinely new. One cannot do market research for something that is not yet on the market.
Management, Page 367
The new venture… needs to start out with the assumption that its product or service may find customers in markets no one thought of…
Management, Page 368
The causes [of startup failure] are always the same: lack of cash, inability to raise the capital needed for expansion, and loss of control…
Management, Page 368
Growth has to be fed… The healthier a new venture and the faster it grows, the more financial feeding it requires.
The Messy Middle, Page 368
Challenges will either depress or mobilize your efforts in new ways, but not both.
The Messy Middle, Page 369
Whatever challenge you’re suffering from, you can use it to decide if you want to live less or live more.