Entrepreneurs: Beyond the Vision
by Miki Saxon
Where will a vision take you?
Nowhere.
Visions are what Sherlock Holmes had when he was smoking opium; they’re what dance in kids heads before Christmas; they’re what the religious see on slices of bread and potato chips.
Visions come in two flavors — hopeful and executable.
Both may have a plan, but the first is missing a key ingredient.
Call it grit (currently popular term), tenacity or moxie.
Whichever you use, it’s the difference between
- rosy predictions, high hopes and self-deluding prophesies
and
- a founder and team that is well-planned, efficient, business-smart and fearless in the face of obstacles.
Executable means more than writing great code — in spite of tech people’s generally dismissive attitude to skills such as marketing, sales and even fiscal controls.
In the best case, executable means having a team member with cradle to grave product experience and another familiar with the initial market and growth markets — or at least a team that listens to advisors who do.
In short, a truly executable is vision is a complete business, with all the moving parts having equal value.
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