Serial entrepreneur is an oxymoron. Building a Silicon Valley enterprise with enduring greatness is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The powerful drama goes on without benefit of script or dress rehearsal and is directed by an inspired amateur. The genius of successful entrepreneurs arises from a trust in their own judgment to make vital choices affecting not only themselves but all players in the cast. Success requires an energetic disruption of established norms. Refusing to conform to societal expectations may also require the willingness to renounce previously held opinions. Ralph Waldo Emerson told us that, “An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man…all history resolves itself very easily into the biographies of a few stout and earnest persons.”
Language
English
Pages
320
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
March 17, 2015
Valley of Shadows: Search for Enduring Greatness in Silicon Valley
Serial entrepreneur is an oxymoron. Building a Silicon Valley enterprise with enduring greatness is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The powerful drama goes on without benefit of script or dress rehearsal and is directed by an inspired amateur. The genius of successful entrepreneurs arises from a trust in their own judgment to make vital choices affecting not only themselves but all players in the cast. Success requires an energetic disruption of established norms. Refusing to conform to societal expectations may also require the willingness to renounce previously held opinions. Ralph Waldo Emerson told us that, “An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man…all history resolves itself very easily into the biographies of a few stout and earnest persons.”