The Pumpkin Plan
Once you clear these five hurdles, however, there is more you can do to improve your probability of success at scale. You can design the right incentives, use marginal thinking to make the most of your resources, and stay lean and effective as you grow. You can make decisions based on the opportunity cost of your time, discover your comparative adv... See more
John List • The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Gr…
What are some of the key aspects of execution to get a billion-dollar outcome? Winblad: Number one, you really, really have to deliver high value to your customer.
Tarang Shah, Tarang Shah, Sheetal Shah • Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes
The basic niche player's strategies: • Avoid the big boys. • Be flexible. • Find upscale applications for commodity products. • Stay close to your customer. • Avoid dependence upon a few products and/or customers. Focus your people on these value-added strategies. That's the way you Lead the Journey using the intellectual capitalism paradigm. QUEST
... See moreJames A. Belasco • Flight of the Buffalo: Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead
change from “Do everything” or “Do what we do well” to “Do what matters to the customer” and “Do what you are best at.” Outsource the rest, or find business partners to provide it with you.