What are you building?
I have failed four times in an entrepreneurial journey that started 13 years ago in London when I was all but 30 years old.
I am on my fifth attempt and it has held steady even as I haven’t expanded my firm in any sense of the term. It has in a way held steady through all kinds of Ups and Downs and even through financial crisis so bad that I had to start looking for a job.
Hence for all these reasons and more I totally resonate with the article written by Mr. Vivek Wadhwa.
Thanks a lot for this Mr. Wadhwa along with the brief snippets from the study your team at the Duke and Harvard universities conducted.
Coming back to my own journey, along the way I came across a momentous point when I was finally able to clarify the Vision and Mission of my firm - the Purpose and Essence of why I brought it to life in an already crowded market.
And the best part was that I was able to articulate them in a simple, straightforward sentence each.
I was also able to clarify and articulate the three core values of my firm by which I wanted to be held accountable before I used them in building my team and culture creation exercise within my firm.
I first wanted to be clear of my own values before I could consult and advise my clients on the same.
And of these three values, I was able to identify the innermost value from which the two other values and sub-values germinated. And that value happens to be Responsibility.
In short, I can explain the Why, How and What of my firm’s offerings today - a la the three Golden Circles that Simon Sinek brings out in his work: Start With Why.
Then came the next momentous turn when I came across the work of Mr. Jim Clifton - the Chairman and CEO of Gallup when I came across a Simple & Profound question in the book on entrepreneurs that he co-wrote with Dr. Sangita Badal: Born to Build.
That question which changes every conversation is simply this: instead of asking someone or ourselves What do You Do, ask and wonder: What Are You Building?
For the record, it’s not just the profit minded business person for whom entrepreneurial skills matter. They matter even for a school Principal as well as the founder of an NGO as much as they matter for a social entrepreneur or even a Conscious Capitalist.
The BP 10 questionnaire brought out deeper insights into my own entrepreneurial typology and traits and so much more.
I will share my discoveries from the Builder Profile some other time.
But for the moment, thank you Mr. Clifton for the work you built for all of us.
Sohum
😌😌🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I am on my fifth attempt and it has held steady even as I haven’t expanded my firm in any sense of the term. It has in a way held steady through all kinds of Ups and Downs and even through financial crisis so bad that I had to start looking for a job.
Hence for all these reasons and more I totally resonate with the article written by Mr. Vivek Wadhwa.
Thanks a lot for this Mr. Wadhwa along with the brief snippets from the study your team at the Duke and Harvard universities conducted.
Coming back to my own journey, along the way I came across a momentous point when I was finally able to clarify the Vision and Mission of my firm - the Purpose and Essence of why I brought it to life in an already crowded market.
And the best part was that I was able to articulate them in a simple, straightforward sentence each.
I was also able to clarify and articulate the three core values of my firm by which I wanted to be held accountable before I used them in building my team and culture creation exercise within my firm.
I first wanted to be clear of my own values before I could consult and advise my clients on the same.
And of these three values, I was able to identify the innermost value from which the two other values and sub-values germinated. And that value happens to be Responsibility.
In short, I can explain the Why, How and What of my firm’s offerings today - a la the three Golden Circles that Simon Sinek brings out in his work: Start With Why.
Then came the next momentous turn when I came across the work of Mr. Jim Clifton - the Chairman and CEO of Gallup when I came across a Simple & Profound question in the book on entrepreneurs that he co-wrote with Dr. Sangita Badal: Born to Build.
That question which changes every conversation is simply this: instead of asking someone or ourselves What do You Do, ask and wonder: What Are You Building?
For the record, it’s not just the profit minded business person for whom entrepreneurial skills matter. They matter even for a school Principal as well as the founder of an NGO as much as they matter for a social entrepreneur or even a Conscious Capitalist.
The BP 10 questionnaire brought out deeper insights into my own entrepreneurial typology and traits and so much more.
I will share my discoveries from the Builder Profile some other time.
But for the moment, thank you Mr. Clifton for the work you built for all of us.
Sohum
😌😌🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
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