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BE 2.0: Why Culture Matters More Than Strategy

Paul G. Silva

This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collinss book, BE 2.0 Culture is Strategy This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 Why Culture Matters More Than Strategy People often say “culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

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Why Startups Need a Well Articulated Strategy (And How to Think About Yours)

Both Sides of the Table

I recommend you read Fred Wilson’s recent blog post about the need for a well articulated business strategy before pushing a particular business model. I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! The Need for Strategy. My take on his argument is this: 1.

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Thinking of Community as Marketing When You're Not Marketing Anything

This is going to be BIG.

Sounds a lot like "community," doesn't it? Communities should be built around values, not around products, so you don't need to wait until you have a product to launch a community. That's actually an exciting opportunity because you have a year to develop a really thriving community around reducing stress.

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The Problem with Startup Advice

This is going to be BIG.

There are several key problems to this knowledge sharing little community we've built: People make themselves look better in hindsight. I read this book, " Why We Make Mistake s " and it talks a lot about "recall bias". So much of this is gut feel with a thin later of strategy retrofitted to seem more than random.

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BE 2.0: Iterate for Greatness

Paul G. Silva

This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 They don’t just set a strategy and hope for the best. Evolved how we selected companies eventually involving the mentor community, ensuring entrepreneurs were evaluated based on how well they responded to feedback.

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3 Ways EO Member-Facilitated Strategy Summits Can Be Transformative (and Why Every Chapter Benefits from Them)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As an EO strategy summit facilitator, I have witnessed first-hand the value of these events for the community. Strategy summits are opportunities for growth, connection, putting steel to the grindstone, and sharpening processes to drive transformation. Why not book your chapter’s strategy summit today?

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

He penned a great piece on the LA tech community here in Forbes. But my take: Gaikai had superior technology & a superior business strategy. He talked in the video about how he finds it helpful in companies to think about practical theory and frameworks for thinking about company strategy. Not bad, hey? I agree with him.

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