Everything is business.Many people tend to be very rigid in defining what a business is, making assumptions that are not in tandem with the core concept of doing business. Business is simply an exchange of value. Rebecca Knapp The exchange of money to get that value does not represent the entirety of what can be…
There is a need for founders to delay gratification when it comes to their new enterprises. This article takes an in-depth look at lessons from nature backed up with live case studies to see how delaying gratification can affect the success of startups. Related: Lessons from Nature: Waiting for Maximum Productivity What is gratification? Gratification…
The topic for this article is easily a controversial one! I’ll share my thoughts, and I will value agreeing or opposing views – Let’s learn!I will provide contextual definitions for a startup and a business to support my case.A Startup is a temporary organization in search of a scalable, repeatable, profitable business model to validate…
A business is a living entity, breathing, growing, and making an impact on nature! The core of every business is growth. Animals grow through their life until death, and every business is a good replica of this cycle. The laws of business and the laws of nature hold between them several similarities, both of which…
This is an introduction to this new series “lessons from nature” where we will be examining how startups can learn from nature. The reason startups can take cues from nature will be explained further in this post. Businesses are living entities. They are born, at the inception, can grow, age, and most, unfortunately, can die….
Startups need to have a lot of things go right before they can claim to be a success. Many of these factors involve the founders, teams, and consumers, and may be influenced by the founders directly or indirectly. But there is one which can also be crucial to success quite out of the reach of…
Factors for startup success! A critical case study of startups and their accompanying failures or less pessimistically why they are yet to succeed. Forget the stats, you most likely clicked the link because you are concerned about the fail rate of start-ups and you are curious to know why! In order to understand the reason…