Comments on: What You Can Learn From My Dog http://justinrlevy.com/2008/12/22/what-you-can-learn-from-my-dog/ Marketing and Social Media Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Apolinaras Sinkevicius http://justinrlevy.com/2008/12/22/what-you-can-learn-from-my-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Apolinaras Sinkevicius Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:30:36 +0000 http://justinrlevy.com/?p=655#comment-146 Great observation! I have been using an analogy of a seasoned mountain climber versus an amateur cliff-diver to describe what successful entrepreneur is. There are "black swans" who got lucky and seems like those are the only people other entrepreneurs like to use for inspiration. That is RECKLESS!!! Mountain climbers take risk management very seriously and they spend great amount of time preparing, planning, and training. Most amateur cliff-divers count on luck. Do they bother surveying the depth of water? Rip tides? Other dangers? Nope! They just jump and scream "yahoo". You see entrepreneurs like that - RUN, don't walk. They will take you down with them. But again, I am business operations person to the core, I only take risks I have plan B,C, and D for and can recover if all fails. Your experience may differ. Apolinaras "Apollo" Sinkevicius www.leanstartups.com P.S. Justin, good luck in your new venture! <abbr><em>Apolinaras Sinkevicius’s last blog post..<a href="http://leanstartups.com/2008/12/just-say-no-to-ghost-blogging.html" rel="nofollow">Just say "NO" to ghost blogging!</a></abbr></em> Great observation! I have been using an analogy of a seasoned mountain climber versus an amateur cliff-diver to describe what successful entrepreneur is. There are “black swans” who got lucky and seems like those are the only people other entrepreneurs like to use for inspiration. That is RECKLESS!!! Mountain climbers take risk management very seriously and they spend great amount of time preparing, planning, and training. Most amateur cliff-divers count on luck. Do they bother surveying the depth of water? Rip tides? Other dangers? Nope! They just jump and scream “yahoo”. You see entrepreneurs like that – RUN, don’t walk. They will take you down with them.

But again, I am business operations person to the core, I only take risks I have plan B,C, and D for and can recover if all fails. Your experience may differ.

Apolinaras “Apollo” Sinkevicius
http://www.leanstartups.com

P.S. Justin, good luck in your new venture!

Apolinaras Sinkevicius’s last blog post..Just say "NO" to ghost blogging!

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