Food for thought: quotes & links on strategy, innovation, & entrepreneurship

Kurt Bostelaar
November 26, 2015
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Does your team or organization need some inspiration? Perhaps a bit of motivation can help recharge the entrepreneurial spirit inside your company. In this post, I've collected a handful of powerful quotes on business strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Whether you're a new or established company, there's some insightful wisdom for everyone. 

It's not enough to just inspire you with quotes. I've also linked to some of our useful blog posts so you can turn useful insights into tangible evidence inside your company. 

The traditional leader wants to be right. The creative leader hopes to be right.”
John Maeda
Design partner at KPCB

Also see: Innovation Shouldn't Be Career Suicide

The difference between market takers and market makers isn't product innovation, it's business model innovation.”
Vala Afshar
Evangelist at Salesforce

Also See: Why Corporate Leadership Needs To Get Comfortable With Business Model Innovation

We must think of innovation as doing a lot more for a lot less money, and a lot more people.”
Vijay Govindarajan
Educator

Also See: Mythbusting - Why Big Company Innovation Doesn't Have To Be Expensive

You can't be customer-centric if you can't agree on what a need is.”
Tony Ulwick
Founder of Strategyn

Also See: What Do Customers Want?

Cheating on customer discovery interviews is like cheating in your parachute packing class.”
Steve Blank
Father of Lean Startup

Also See: Don't Believe Your Customers!

In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.”
Clayton Christensen
Educator & management thinker

Also See: Great Strategy Is Really Great Portfolio Management

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Food for thought: quotes & links on strategy, innovation, & entrepreneurship

November 26, 2015
#
 min read
topics
No items found.

Does your team or organization need some inspiration? Perhaps a bit of motivation can help recharge the entrepreneurial spirit inside your company. In this post, I've collected a handful of powerful quotes on business strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Whether you're a new or established company, there's some insightful wisdom for everyone. 

It's not enough to just inspire you with quotes. I've also linked to some of our useful blog posts so you can turn useful insights into tangible evidence inside your company. 

The traditional leader wants to be right. The creative leader hopes to be right.”
John Maeda
Design partner at KPCB

Also see: Innovation Shouldn't Be Career Suicide

The difference between market takers and market makers isn't product innovation, it's business model innovation.”
Vala Afshar
Evangelist at Salesforce

Also See: Why Corporate Leadership Needs To Get Comfortable With Business Model Innovation

We must think of innovation as doing a lot more for a lot less money, and a lot more people.”
Vijay Govindarajan
Educator

Also See: Mythbusting - Why Big Company Innovation Doesn't Have To Be Expensive

You can't be customer-centric if you can't agree on what a need is.”
Tony Ulwick
Founder of Strategyn

Also See: What Do Customers Want?

Cheating on customer discovery interviews is like cheating in your parachute packing class.”
Steve Blank
Father of Lean Startup

Also See: Don't Believe Your Customers!

In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.”
Clayton Christensen
Educator & management thinker

Also See: Great Strategy Is Really Great Portfolio Management

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Food for thought: quotes & links on strategy, innovation, & entrepreneurship

Does your team or organization need some inspiration? Perhaps a bit of motivation can help recharge the entrepreneurial spirit inside your company. In this post, I've collected a handful of powerful quotes on business strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Whether you're a new or established company, there's some insightful wisdom for everyone. 

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