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Hollywood Joohn Tatum? He does at least 6,000 sit ups and 10,000 pushups a day!

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Scott D. Anthony
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: February 22
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There is what Steve Blank calls the stage where you are searching for a scalable business model. Then, there is the stage when you have found that model and need to scale it. In the former stage you have to have a beginner's mind, be in learning mode, and expect to learn things you didn't anticipate.
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A spreadsheet for an innovative idea reports the mathematical relationship between made up numbers. You can't cash a spreadsheet.
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If you work on a new product launch, spent time in a new geography, or work to develop a completely new skill, you have no choice but to figure out new ways to solve problems.
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It's one of the underappreciated skills required by an innovator - they have to be able to convince lots of people to do things that might not be fully rational (invest in the company, join something that is likely to fail, try a product they've never seen before), and if you can't tell a good story it is just very hard to make that happen.
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Small teams move faster than big teams.
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Successful strategies adhere to a basic pattern.
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I've come to the conclusion that the core characteristic that separates companies that get innovation from those that don't is a simple word: curiosity.
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I have a fear right now that what I call the advertising-narcissism complex is sucking up way too much top talent.
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The most important thing here is to largely ignore what customers say, and instead watch what they do or track where they spend money.
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Of course, it is worth it to take the time to think carefully through your assumptions, and ensure you at least have hypotheses around how you will create value. But use the analysis as a way to focus attention on the most critical assumptions, rather than spend a ton of time massaging the numbers.
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I think people make innovation much more complicated than it needs to be.
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If you are trying to improve the performance of existing operations in known markets, it is an analytical problem where it's just a question of aligning your execution engine in the right way. If it is about creating something new and different, you can't derive the right answer analytically.
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So many people tell me that they aren't creative or they aren't innovative, and it's just not true.
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Think about how much it costs to learn more. Sometimes you want to build confidence by knocking off the easy things.
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Make sure that you take the time to think about how other companies might respond to your idea, both those companies already in the market you plan to target as well as others that might imagine targeting that market.
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We've got some great big problems in our world. We have to figure out how to feed 10 billion people. Too many people can't access clean water, quality healthcare, and reasonable education. We have to figure out what to do about climate change, income inequality, and more. Innovators need to rise to the challenge!
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Now, I worry a bit about the TEDification of the world where style trumps substance, so hopefully you have a good blend of both!
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In my mind, so-called cultures of innovation really boil down to one word: curiosity.
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Companies get into grooves and they keep sharpening what they are doing, when in fact what they really need to do sometimes is to stop and do something completely differently.
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You have to chip away at it and shape it to let the winning idea emerge.
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