The Visual Mba: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness

You are at dinner with your family and there is a dead dog on the center of the table, but no one talks about it. That is a dysfunctional family. Do you have a dysfunctional organization? What isn’t being talked about?

For individuals to be successful when given a responsibility, they need to be given equal authority in order to carry out their duties; otherwise it will only lead to failure.

The problem today is most people spend time CONSUMING versus CREATING. Make a real commitment to start creating. It will benefit both your personal and professional life.

Accounting is the language of business. Unless you are keeping track of how your company is doing, you won’t know how to improve it.

Parties with more alternatives and lower needs have the most power.

Pro forma is just a fancy way of saying “what the future could look like.” It is forecasting based on an increase in sales.

Filter your ideas down and build a prototype. This can be out of duct tape and paper. This prototype is only to validate your idea and to test it with people. It doesn’t need to be fancy.

Find some people who fit your target, and test your prototype. What worked? What didn’t? What did you learn? Take those learnings and go back to Ideate -> Prototype -> Test again.

You may have a great idea that solves a huge problem—but if people don’t care, they won’t buy it. It could even be a lifesaving device. “Pain” is personal. Personal Pain causes People to Pay.