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By: How To Create A Celebratory Startup Corporate Culture

How To Create A Celebratory Startup Corporate Culture — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:01:49 +0000

[...] noted in The Fringe, it is the journey that matters. If you properly block and tackle, the destination will take care [...]

By: Henry Martz

Henry Martz — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:48:13 +0000

I’d be interested to hear your thoughts about what specific structural, risk, size, or other issues handicap BDC”s. It appears that the ability for a startup to maintain a “tight ship” automatically decreases, despite the best intentions of the the company. A few things I note:

1. Founder’s talent / passion gets diluted as the company gets bigger
2. Accounting sometimes forces decisions that do not enhance “intrinsic value” of company, just accounting value.
3. No longer makes sense to take business risks once company has assets to lose
4. CYA moves (Managers choose options based on covering their *ss). For example, choosing the “brand name” company to outsource marketing to. If anything were to go wrong, it cant be YOUR Fault.

These things, as well as other aspects, create opportunities for Startups as they preclude BDC’s from participating in some business activities.

By: Limit… less: Ignore Limits – Focus On Opportunities | infoChachkie

Limit… less: Ignore Limits – Focus On Opportunities | infoChachkie — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:10:05 +0000

[...] pockets and their unrelenting focus on identifying prospects missed by others. As discussed in The Fringe, point of view is worth at least 30-IQ points. Mr. Alger’s heroes significantly increased their [...]

By: Small Ideas, Big Benefits | infoChachkie

Small Ideas, Big Benefits | infoChachkie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:54:17 +0000

[...] enough cash for you to safely exit your day job at Big Dumb Company and strike out of The Herd (see “The Fringe”). This supplemental cash will lower your risk of failure, as you will have some wind under your [...]

By: Roping in the Legal Eagles | infoChachkie

Roping in the Legal Eagles | infoChachkie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:59:05 +0000

[...] noted in Frugal is as Frugal Does, entrepreneurs on The Fringe only spend their cash on items that add value to their adVentures. However, they also know when it [...]

By: Conventional Wisdom Isn’t –Why Going Against The Grain Is Often To An Entrepreneur’s Advantage | infoChachkie

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:52:53 +0000

[...] contrarian positions in order to succeed. One of the first steps required to move out of The Herd is to see the world from a slightly different vantage point. This often requires rejecting what is [...]

By: Great Expectations | infoChachkie

Great Expectations | infoChachkie — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:29:46 +0000

[...] change to the horizontal distance between any two points on a line”. Entrepreneurs on The Fringe know that in business, the expectations Slope is dictated by the manner in which you manage your [...]

By: trevelyan

trevelyan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:03:56 +0000

Really enjoy these write-ups. Thanks for keeping up such a constant stream of motivating content.

By: zero

zero — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:12:58 +0000

“They do not risk everything, work outrageous hours and put themselves under untold pressure because they want to.” Is that a typos? Is it supposed to be “they risk everything”?

Anyway, this is a great article, excellent use of metaphor.

By: Understanding an entrepreneur (if you’re not one) « Jared Tame @ Phunctional

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:58:56 +0000

[...] Understanding an entrepreneur (if you’re not one) Posted November 9, 2008 Filed under: Uncategorized | Good news for those of you on the outside trying to understand the sheer madness of entrepreneurship. It has been explained by Uncle Saul: http://www.infochachkie.com/the-fringe/ [...]