Startup is hard work and the journey gets harder when you start presenting your idea to people. When we talked about assessing your startup idea, the first suggestion was to test the idea for feedback. When you go out to get feedback, unfortunately you don’t always get useful feedback. As you grow your startup, you must get good at separating noise from feedback.
It is so easy to be caught up in the glamour of high-impact outcomes that we forget that the simplest of tasks might have the most valuable outcomes. This dialogue from Bruce Almighty amazes me. Achievement, greatness etc need not be a huge thing – it can be in small simple things that can move the world – just one step at a time.
Though it sounds a bit crass, the quote makes an important point about taking swift decisions in a startup. We always get caught up between strategy and acting fast. In most cases, it is also called being tactical. For a startup, both strategy and tactics go hand in hand. We are forced to take some decisions quickly and have little time to strategise about its wider impact. One may even argue that strategy is a challenge with a scale up rather than early stages of startup.
What ifs are valuable when we do strategic planning. Are they valuable when we use it to map out every risk scenario or obsess over it? How to balance what ifs vs jumping into action?
In today’s digital age, personal branding is more important than ever. Your personal brand is what sets you apart from the competition and allows you to stand out in the crowded online space.