Archive for Essays

HORSE

You don’t play 5 on 5 against the big boys in their own arena, but instead you force them to play H-O-R-S-E with you. You give yourself a better chance to win when you simplify the game and its rules. You force your bigger competitors to compete on your home court.
Your speed and quickness are [...]

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Narrow Your Focus

The best time to be an entrepreneur is now. The opportunities are boundless.
Entrepreneurs can learn a lot by running their company through the sports framework to create something that customers cannot live without.
Choosing what product you want to create and in what industry is like deciding which sport to play in. Each sport has it’s [...]

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The Game

You are the owner and you get to decide where your idea exists in the marketplace and what form it will take.
What problem do you want to solve? According to Guy Kawasaki in the Art of the Start, the goal any organization is to make meaning. How does one go about changing the world?
Focus on [...]

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Hopes and Dreams

You only have a limited amount of time on this earth. How do you love what you do?
How many more days until you turn 30? How many more days until you turn 40? Time is short. Your time is your most precious resource.
When you understand that life is short and that you only have a [...]

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Spoils of Victory

Times have changed quickly. Great ideas made real by people like you and me are succeeding and succeeding big. It is possible for anyone to easily start a company in this new economy with the widespread growth of tools available online and the ease of local manufacturing in the country.

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