Mac Lackey’s Startup Manifesto
This is how I would boil it down to key lessons that I try to live by...
The WALL (Or The Dip, Or The Treadmill)
I believe being an entrepreneur is just like “sprinting into the fog”.
Are You Asking Tough Questions?
Sometimes in life, we develop a bit of expertise and we hit cruise control.
Ready Set… Fire… Repeat…
I get great responses when I blog or tweet about RISK…. You wanna know why?
When you are up to bat, swing for the fences!
Ask Yourself Again. Take a quick gut-check… Are you taking enough risk?
Always Think Really, Really Big ?
Big, disruptive ideas always get attention. They attract major resources.
See The future… In Your Mirror
When you look in the mirror what do you see? What words describe you?
Do You Have That Safety Net…
In Start-Ups it’s almost always the same deep seeded issue... That is Security.
The REWARD Isn’t All the Money
Startups (tech, consumer, social good, etc) are about lighting your fire.
Look Out Across The Horizon
Start-Up life doesn’t give you enough time to be strategic, but you have to.