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Bob Parsons: How I built 3 Mega Million $$$ businesses from scratch! Plus a very hot Russian Chick.
May 4th
How To Work On Your Business, Not In It
May 4th
Most entrepreneurs are freelancers. We work for ourselves, but we actually do all of the work. We get so used to the DIY we end up believing that no one else could ever do what we do, at least not very well.
First of all, that’s a fairy tale. As awesome as you are, you are not the ONLY person on the planet who can take out the trash. More importantly, you’re killing your chances for success. Doing all the work simply isn’t scalable.
If you’ve got big dreams for your company you need to start working ON the business, not IN the business. You can accomplish this by building systems that enable other people to perform tasks you would normally handle solo.
Here are the steps:
1. You’ve Got to Believe – Believing you can do it is the foundation for success. If you believe you can’t come up with a system that takes you out of the equation, than you won’t. If you believe you can do it, you will do it.
2. Understand the Task – First, do the task as you normally would—all by yourself. Then, document the task. Break it down into steps. More
Guy Kawasaki is following Kingston Beta on Twitter ?
May 3rd
So while we where setting up our new FaceBook Fan Page and Twitter Page we decided to follow a number of successful tech entrepreneurs, business thinkers, angel and venture capitalists and of course Guy Kawasaki was one our list. Then half our later in starting up our Twitter account, Guy Kawasaki became our 8th follower.
..And Who is Guy Kawasaki ? Check this! Guy Kawasaki is a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. Previously, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. Guy is the author of nine books including Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. He has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College. He’s the founder of Alltop.com.
