Great entrepreneurs are often great listeners and they can spot patterns and pick up on small details in customer stories. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes customer detail entrepreneur
Once you understand business models you can then start prototyping business models just like you prototype products. Alexander Osterwalder businessmodelproduct Change image and share on social
Founders go wrong when they start to believe their business plan will materialize as written. I advise entrepreneurs to burn their business plan - it's simply too dangerous to the health of your business. Alexander Osterwalder adviseburnbusiness share on social
You need to be naive enough to do things differently. No big publishing house would have allowed us to co-create a fully designed, four color business book in landscape format - because it was contrary to the publishing industry logic. However, we thought of Business Model Generation as a product, not just a book - similar to Apple products. Alexander Osterwalder allowapplebig share on social
Software options proliferate extremely easily - too easily, in fact - because too many options create tools that can't ever be used intuitively. Intuitive actions confine the detail work to a dedicated part of the brain, leaving the rest of one's mind free to respond with attention and sensitivity to the changing texture of the moment. Brian Eno actionattentionbrain share on social
Social media can be a powerful tool to listen to, engage with and gain access to customers that you would otherwise not be able to connect with. Carol Roth accessconnectcustomer Change image and share on social
As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people. Ben Silbermann basketballcooldunk share on social