A Pivot Is A Change In Strategy

The Attributes For Entrepreneurs Cut Both Ways. You Need The Ability To Ignore Inconvenient Facts And See The World As It Should Be And Not As It Is. This Inspires People To Take Huge Leaps Of Faith. But This Blindness To Facts Can Be A Liability, Too. The Characteristics That Help Entrepreneurs Succeed Can Also Lead To Their Failure.

There Is Much That Public Policy Can Do To Support American Entrepreneurs. Health Insurance Reform Will Make It Easier For Entrepreneurs To Take A Chance On A New Business Without Putting Their Family's Health At Risk. Tort Reform Will Make It Easier To Take Prudent Risks On New Products In A Number Of Sectors.

The Big Question Of Our Time Is Not Can It Be Built? But Should It Be Built? This Places Us In An Unusual Historical Moment: Our Future Prosperity Depends On The Quality Of Our Collective Imaginations.

We Must Learn What Customers Really Want, Not What They Say They Want Or What We Think They Should Want.

As You Consider Building Your Own Minimum Viable Product, Let This Simple Rule Suffice: Remove Any Feature, Process, Or Effort That Does Not Contribute Directly To The Learning You Seek.