Tag: Entrepreneurial Leaders

‘Creating A World Of Abundance’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Today, we need to fundamentally change the software of our mental and instinctual programming from one based on threat and survival to one of promise and prosperity.’

‘Our future is not cast in stone. It is a malleable and dynamic fabric of amazing potentialities, possibilities, and probabilities. And every passing moment is an opportunity for our intervention.’

‘Every act is an irrevocable selection and inclusion. In other words, by making the deliberate choice- or allowing others to make the choice for us- we determine the future state!

‘If the world were perfect, it would be. Problems are life’s essential feedstock. Without problems to solve, there is no motivating tension; without tension, there is no progress; without progress, there is only stagnation.’

‘The minute you believe something is impossible, it becomes impossible for you. I believe that there are very few problems that can’t be solved with imagination, innovation, and competent entrepreneurship- provided they don’t break too many laws of physics.’

‘People tend to get caught up in seeing the world only as it is and not imagining what the world could be. If you focus only on what the world is, then you are resigning yourself to a particular destiny.’

‘People often say the sky is the limit. The sky is not the limit. There is no such limit. It is an articficial boundary. Imagination is our only limit.‘

‘All the transformation we need is available on demand as a function of our search. Today that works requires an intermediary- a mobile phone or computer that connects us to information. Tomorrow we may not require the intermediary.’

‘Our curiosity doesn’t die out, it is wiped out. Consequently, as would-be moonshot entrepreneurs, it’s likely that we’ll have a little rehabilitation to do.’

‘Curiosity doesn’t care about comfort. Curiosity has no fear of the unknown. Curiosity is precisely about being drawn to novel things because they are new and strange and unknown.’

Source

Naveen Jain and John Schroeter (2018). Moonshots: Creating a World of Abundance

Leading A Successful Startup

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Startup leaders aren’t necessarily paid for moving fast and breaking things … but they are expected to experiment and iterate to drive success.’

‘You don’t have to be fully ready to go for it.’

‘You have to nail the job that you were paid to do first, before you highlight anything else you’ve done above-and-beyond.’

‘If you don’t do what you’re paid to do exceptionally well, it’s hard to make the case that you’ll be more successful once promoted.’

‘If you ask questions upfront, you can hopefully avoid finding yourself in the middle of a messy founder drama.’

‘You need to align with your colleagues enough to want to put in a lot of time together tackling challenges.’

‘You can mitigate your risk coming in the early by asking for a contractual agreement around ‘true-upping’ your cash to market rates at key revenue or fundraising milestones.’

‘Try to make the leaps manageable and within your comfort zone to set yourself up for maximum success.’

‘You need to understand markets and business areas that impact your startup, not only your particular role.’

‘If you are interested in growing into an executive role, think about how you can learn other areas of your function that you may not have owned previously.’

Source

Sarah E. Brown (2022) Lead Upwards: How Startup Joiners Can Impact New Ventures, Build Amazing Careers, and Inspire Great Teams