Category Archives: Staying Power
Give Your Idea Time to Take Flight — (Part 2 ): PERSONAL ENDURANCE
Get rich quick. Swing for the fences. Change the universe. Do it now. These are the hopes that fuel many an entrepreneurial dream. But turning even the greatest idea into a viable, sustainable, and healthy business usually takes time. Lots … Continue reading →
Give Your Venture Time to Take Flight
Last month, to illustrate the importance of “staying power” in getting a new venture off the ground, I wrote a post about the patience displayed by President Obama’s national security team in tracking Osama Bin Laden. After years of painstaking … Continue reading →
Put Time on Your Side – A Lesson for Startup Founders from the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden
“It’s not that I’m so smart. It’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Albert Einstein When stories first began to pour out about the U.S. killing of Osama Bin Laden, one detail immediately struck me as especially remarkable: … Continue reading →