Entrepreneurs Thinking Small

Mark Heckmann’s presentation focused on one key aspect of entrepreneurism that has been quite difficult for me to conceptualize: thinking small. Mr. Heckmann described how he is slowly developing his company, starting from a makeshift rented office and coffee shops, in order to maximize his return on investment in these early stages of his business. The Forbes article, “How the Best Entrepreneurs Think” by the Harvard Business Review author, Paul B. Brown, discusses the correlation between success and what he refers to as “small steps” towards reaching an end goal. Brown states that taking a small step, learning from its result, then taking yet another small step has created lucrative business leaders , such as, Oprah, Lrary Page, and Sergey Brin.

Questions: Can you accomplish your goal using little funding and resources, or have you set an unattainable goal for yourself that will take years and your last dollar to accomplish?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/actiontrumpseverything/2013/11/10/how-the-best-entrepreneurs-think/