business strategy for everyone
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Your business, no matter how small, can benefit from these five notions: Plan for wild success, follow the bright spots, test all guesses, founders need to stay healthy, use funding in smart ways.TRANSCRIPT
BUSINESS STRATEGYFor everyone
NICOLE GRAVAGNA, PHDBlog: NicoleGravagna.com
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BUSINESS SCIENTIST
Jeff Schell, Esq.
Nicole Gravagna, PhD
Yuta Okkotsu, PhD
Jonathon Keeney, PhD
Gabby Tinner, MPP
Dave Eyvazzadeh, MS
FIVE NOTIONS1. Wild Success
2. Bright Spots
3. Test It
4. Stay Healthy
5. Fund Smart
WILD SUCCESS
PLAN FOR IT
• Myopic planning gets you to step two, no farther.
• Find the big problems and solve them first.
• Look ten years out.
FOLLOW THE BRIGHT SPOTShttp://brightspotsculture.wordpress.com/the-original-story
YOU CAN’T KNOW
• You must experiment
• Trust the results
• Be purposeful and open
THE ONLY FAILURENot trying, Death, and Jail
COMFORT ZONE
• A snuggly business is dying
• Do unrelated things
• Hire interns
• “Waste” time creatively
PLAN UNSTRUCTURE
• Expect constant changes
• Let the ground shift under your business
MENTAL FLUIDITY
• Plan unstructured time
• Do random things
• Try to see parallels between disparate things
STAY HEALTHY
PARENT YOUR BUSINESS
• Balance is a myth
• Work/life blend
• Eat right and exercise like your business depends on it
• No spoiled babies
FUNDINGFrom zero to infinity
NO EXTRA CASH
• Growth patterns
• Revenue
• Hiring
ALL THE CASH IN THE WORLD
• Growth patterns
• Revenue
• Hiring
NICOLE GRAVAGNA, PHDBlog: NicoleGravagna.com
Follow tweets @NicoleGravagna