Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-06 Thread Rod Clarke
Agree 100% -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.or

Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-06 Thread Varun Prakash
Is there a need to have a role model? If you do, isn't it constraining oneself? On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Rod Clarke wrote: > Lol - Have a nice weekend - and remember Cash is King! > > > On Friday, July 6, 2012 3:29:10 PM UTC+10, David Lyon wrote: > >> If you are talking about Richard Bra

Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-05 Thread Rod Clarke
Lol - Have a nice weekend - and remember Cash is King! On Friday, July 6, 2012 3:29:10 PM UTC+10, David Lyon wrote: > If you are talking about Richard Branson there's few things > that are different between Sydney and the London of the 1980's. > > Firstly, it has to be said Australia had an eno

Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-05 Thread Tom Dawkins
He actually started with a self-published magazine. Then a mail-order record label. Then a record store. On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Rod Clarke wrote: > Ha Ha - I was just trying to illustrate the point. so many people in > Australia start off with a big capital intensive / complex product a

Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-05 Thread David Lyon
If you are talking about Richard Branson there's few things that are different between Sydney and the London of the 1980's. Firstly, it has to be said Australia had an enormous amount of talent at the same time as the Branson Empire started. We had band after band, artist after artist making it bi

Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-05 Thread Rod Clarke
Ha Ha - I was just trying to illustrate the point. so many people in Australia start off with a big capital intensive / complex product and then wonder why they go broke. Branson started with a Record store. get profitable early and then build spaceships. On Friday, July 6, 2012 1:24:00 PM

Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-05 Thread David Lyon
Rod, you really need to lift the quality of your social circle and get with true Entrepreneurial/Technical talent. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is

Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-05 Thread Rod Clarke
I think whenever you read a book on successfull entrepreneurs its important to watch out for illusory correlations. Human beings tendency to construct stories around facts, which in love for example may serve a purpose, but when someone begins to believe the stories and accommodate facts into th

Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-05 Thread David Lyon
I'd rather not see the entrepreneur naked.. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use

Re: [SiliconBeach] The naked entrepreneur: Deconstructing the modern business icon

2012-07-05 Thread Ryan Wardell
Alex, I disagree with the failure statistics. 80-90 percent of entrepreneurs do not fail - they just run out of money before they succeed. Some might think that's splitting hairs, but there's a very real distinction between an aeroplane crashing into the ground, and a plane that just never makes i