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Focused on the long jump

Future Focused, Present Participant

by Todd Hannula on 04. Jul, 2011 in Entrepreneurship, Risk, tips

No, it’s not an English grammar lesson. Although the dangling participle remains that most annoying memory of the 10th grade.
Rather, it is a reminder to keep you mind on the future of achievement and not the present of the interesting. Derek Sivers points out brilliantly this conundrum.
I will only add that entrepreneurs should read my [...]

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Focus: find it or perish

by Todd Hannula on 04. Mar, 2011 in Leadership, Risk, Social Business, tips

That one word, focus, sums up the biggest missing element of our 5 year journey in social enterprise business. We have such high aspirations; £1b in value creation in 10 years, £1m venture fund in 3 years, and generally trying to hyper expand the sector. As a result, we *tricked* ourselves into thinking everything we started [...]

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Solving Big Problems? Stop being so Serious

by Todd Hannula on 24. Sep, 2010 in Presentations, tips

Maybe what we need to solve big problems is a little more levity. When you take everything, at all times, so seriously, you probably alienate 75% of your potential supporters. This is a great example of bringing attention and making people think about a serious issue in a funny way. Mr. Colbert reigns in the [...]

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It’s the Approach, not the Knowledge

by Todd Hannula on 18. May, 2010 in Innovation, Social Business, tips

This video is a great reminder of the power of the approach over simple knowledge.
I am constantly reminding the young guns on the team that problem solving is about the approach and not necessarily knowing or finding the answer. You can see, as demonstrated in this video, the more you focus on the approach; the [...]

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Improve your Chances with a Story

by Todd Hannula on 08. May, 2010 in Presentations, sales, tips

The best way to realise your project (after you have worked up the numbers!) is to weave your story through it.
A story about the why and who and how at a personal level. An authentic story. Your story.
People invest in people, buy from people. They don’t buy spreadsheets, benefits, and features. If you are pitching [...]

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