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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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Scott D. Anthony
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: February 22
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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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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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Small teams move faster than big teams.
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It's very easy to skip steps when documenting an idea.
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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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One of the biggest mistakes large companies make is creating innovation teams that mirror all the functions of the core business. Those teams make no progress because they spent forever updating each other on what they are doing versus really crushing the most critical problems they need to address.
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People who live in more than two countries are more successful innovators.
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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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I think it is only in hindsight that you can determine whether something is a mistake or not.
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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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