The middle-man who adds value won’t be cut out.
Try to insulate from crazy and the damage they can do.
How long until your business is profitable?
Always be pruning and cutting dead weight.
Have an open-door policy and a suggestion box. Get employees to help identify material waste.
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Be able to pass a little idle time with customers or clients.
It could be destructive to reinvent the wheel as an entrepreneur or employee. (Dude bros will never listen. So, get the edge.)
Outside the box, just means what comes next for the industry.
Think of UGC (user generated content). There is less filter and all the entrepreneur must do is sell advertising.
Ask yourself, what would have to do or not do to fail?
There is a place for the study of NLP, Machiavelli and dark psychology by the entrepreneur. (See our Bookstore).