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Outcomes vs. Activity - Have you been bitten by this? (foundread.com)
2 points by mattjaynes on June 11, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



The article clearly has a point. But you've to tread carefully.

I've observed there are always two kinds of entrepreneurial stories:

1) well organized entrepreneur with a vision he lays out and then goes out and executes(characteristic of older, more experienced entrepreneurs)

2) entrepreneur playing around with stuff without much of a goal and happens to hit something which he develops into something even better (ie. hotornot, facebook).

My point: there is an extreme to both. That doesn't mean I don't value planning and goal a lot. In my case, clear goals make the actual doing that much more fun and give me that "on a mission" feel.




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