Extrait :
Bits of wisdom from LUCKY OR SMART by Bo Peabody
“Good entrepreneurs are not, per se, lucky or smart. They are just smart enough to know when they are getting lucky.” (pg.5)
“Greatness is exactly the wrong thing for entrepreneurs to strive for. I tell my colleagues: ‘Never let great be the enemy of good.’ A good decision made quickly is better than a great decision made slowly.” (pg. 19)
“As an entrepreneur, you’d better like odd people, because that’s who’s going to agree to work you. These are the smartest, most interesting people on the planet...” (pg. 26)
“Train yourself not to shut down when you hear the word ‘no.’ That is in fact just the time to really start fighting.” (pg 32)
“In every meeting, in every situation, you must always, always, always be gracious. The business world is a small place: what goes around comes around.” (pg. 38)
“The best use you can make of a BlackBerry is to buy them for all of your competitors. They’ll never have time for another creative thought.” (pg. 45)
“Your ego is both the most dangerous and the most useful weapon in your entrepreneurial arsenal. Use your ego when it is called for and check it at the door when you sense that it will get in the way.” (pg. 56)
Présentation de l'éditeur :
Is entrepreneurial success atrributed to intelligence or is it just sheer luck? How do you manage the creative people you depend on in your team? A 33-year-old entrepreneur who has made over $580 million offers his wise and witty answer in this guide to building a successful business. Lucky or Smart? is the first truly authentic guide to an entrepreneurial life, written by someone who lives it everyday. Bo Peabody started an Internet company as a 19-year-old student. It helped change the way we communicate by providing the average person with the means to create their own home page. Peabody sold his business to Lycos for nearly $60 million. At the first possible moment, he sold - right before the Internet crash. Thus, the question at the heart of this book: is Bo Peabody lucky or smart? Peabody says he was smart enough to realize he was being lucky, but along the way he discovered what is essential to entrepreneurial success: you have to know if you are an entrepreneur or a manager; you have to know how to manage the creative and often difficult people in your business; and you need to make your business fundamentally innovative, morally compelling, and philosophically positive.
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