Joey Digital » TED http://www.joeydigital.me Rebel | Hired Gun | Analytics Junkie | MainBoarder | Serial Envelope Pusher | Optimist/Cynic Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:06:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Are You A Composer Or Performer? Increasing The Odds For Entreprenuerial Success http://www.joeydigital.me/2011/04/are-you-a-composer-or-performer-increasing-the-odds-for-entreprenuerial-success/ http://www.joeydigital.me/2011/04/are-you-a-composer-or-performer-increasing-the-odds-for-entreprenuerial-success/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:13:26 +0000 Joey Digital http://www.joeydigital.me/?p=1996 [As you may have guessed, I’m passionate about entrepreneurship as I firmly believe helping young black entrepreneurs master the Lean Startup framework will have a fundamental impact on the African-American race. Subsequently, I’m giddy about the upcoming Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Conference (May 22 – 25th in Atlanta).]

I encourage you to take a few minutes, and read Steve Blank’s article on the intangibles of entrepreneurship. Focus on the last paragraph:

It may be we can increase the number of founders and entrepreneurial employees, with better tools, more money, and greater education. But it’s more likely that until we truly understand how to teach creativity, their numbers are limited.

Now combine that idea with Cameron Herold’s awesome  speech (embedded below) at TED on identifying entrepreneurial traits early in a person’s life (whether they are a composer or performer), and you have a formula for entrepreneurial success.

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90% of all entrepreneurs. This is fact. However, I believe this number can be significantly reduced by implementing a number of specific methodologies. One of these methodologies is hidden in plain sight.

In this speech at TED, Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers—and as a counterpoint Tivo, which (until a recent court victory that tripled its stock price) appeared to be struggling.

Take 18 minutes to watch the embedded video below. It may change your life.

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