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I had just arrived in Islamabad via Daewoo, and the old friend who came to pick me up was having car trouble. The car’s headlights were just not functioning, and it was getting dark. We assumed the problem to be the simplest: a fuse had shorted and a simple...
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I am re-re-re-reading The Lean Startup as I am preparing a workshop on business growth. I noticed the Acknowledgments section which I had of course seen before, but haven’t read read it. Then I took out my pen and listed the people Eric Ries acknowledges. About...
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Two types of people: those who say there is no opportunity out there, and those who say there are so many opportunities that it’s hard to pick. Seeing opportunities is a skill. And an easy one. The pursuit of an opportunity, being persistent and showing up every...