Startup lessons from a crime boss
Posted by staff / January 11, 2012
When it comes to rising to the top quickly, who’s better than a crime boss? If only you could take the same principles that govern a crime lord’s behavior and apply them to an entrepreneur’s. Well, Gigaom does just that. Written by someone who was actually mentored by a crime boss (alias: Kobayashi), it offers some overlaps between these two, seemingly very different worlds. For example,
Closed mouths don’t get fed
I’ve written before about the importance of networking and moving from wallflower to evangelist. Kobayashi was adamant about the importance of this. “Closed mouths don’t get fed,” he would say. “If you want something, you have to either ask for it or walk up and take it.”
We can’t expect good fortune to fall into our lap. It’s our responsibility to create the circumstances for it and then capture that good fortune. The meek may inherit the earth, but they’ll be getting it from Kobayashi.
Full story at Gigaom.
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