Comments on: To Succeed, You Need an Advantage http://www.wangarific.com/to-succeed-you-need-an-advantage/ the internet is always open Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:58:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jim http://www.wangarific.com/to-succeed-you-need-an-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-291 jim Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:48:52 +0000 http://www.wangarific.com/?p=415#comment-291 I think the biggest advantage is domain knowledge, many businesses were started by rank and file employees who saw a need and were able to leverage that into a business that succeeded. I think that's the type of advantage I think everyone must have before they jump into something. All too often someone thinks of something that might be a great idea but they don't have the domain knowledge to execute it (or enough to know it's not actually a good idea). I think the biggest advantage is domain knowledge, many businesses were started by rank and file employees who saw a need and were able to leverage that into a business that succeeded. I think that’s the type of advantage I think everyone must have before they jump into something. All too often someone thinks of something that might be a great idea but they don’t have the domain knowledge to execute it (or enough to know it’s not actually a good idea).

]]> By: Fred @ One Project Closer http://www.wangarific.com/to-succeed-you-need-an-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Fred @ One Project Closer Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:18:15 +0000 http://www.wangarific.com/?p=415#comment-288 Good advice... except that I think you have to balance this with not becoming paralyzed because you don't see an advantage immediately. That's why your comment about passion-as-advantage is so important... Most people don't innately have advantages. Building a business is about finding a toe hold somewhere and then chipping further and further away at that little ledge until you can get giant leverage off of it. I guess the hardest part is knowing which impressions are worth chipping at, and which ones are just a waste of time that aren't going to get you anywhere. To figure that piece of the puzzle out is a pretty hard thing for most, I think. This is where a good mentor can really help... You need someone to give you a new perspective on a problem or point you in a new direction, or tell you you're wasting your time because they already tried that and it won't work. Of course, you have to be able to trust the mentor, so that's another problem in itself. Good advice… except that I think you have to balance this with not becoming paralyzed because you don’t see an advantage immediately. That’s why your comment about passion-as-advantage is so important…

Most people don’t innately have advantages. Building a business is about finding a toe hold somewhere and then chipping further and further away at that little ledge until you can get giant leverage off of it. I guess the hardest part is knowing which impressions are worth chipping at, and which ones are just a waste of time that aren’t going to get you anywhere.

To figure that piece of the puzzle out is a pretty hard thing for most, I think.

This is where a good mentor can really help… You need someone to give you a new perspective on a problem or point you in a new direction, or tell you you’re wasting your time because they already tried that and it won’t work. Of course, you have to be able to trust the mentor, so that’s another problem in itself.

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