Books: The Art of War for Small Business: Defeat the Competition and Dominate the Market with the Masterful Strategies of Sun Tzu by Becky Sheetz-Runkle Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy …
The Blue Ocean Strategy Definition: ‘Blue Ocean Strategy [refers to] a market for a product where there is no competition or very less competition. This strategy revolves around searching for a business in which very few firms operate and where there is no pricing pressure. Occasionally, you see pure Blue Ocean companies. They’re creating a new …
Provide an ecosystem of relevant ‘players’ in the industry. “Keep your friends close, your enemies closer.” “Sometimes the lambs have to lie down with the wolves.” ― Bill Gates “A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.” ― Ovid Whether you’re disrupting a large swath of …
Books: Do Scale: A Road Map to Growing an Remarkable Company and Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track – and Keeping It There by Les McKeown The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries What You Do Is Who You Are: How to …
Culture is a key piece of operational efficiency. A good company culture builds trust, inspires, and creates an engaged workforce. Innumerable books and articles have been written about creating culture, and entrepreneurs who neglect to build a good culture do so at their own peril … But building culture in the planning stage is difficult, …
What do you need to create in order to produce your goods or services? After MVP, what’s the next thing you need to build out? “The road of a thousand miles begins with the first step.” ― Chinese proverb “There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” ― Desmond …
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