Billion or Bust

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3 responses to “Billion or Bust”

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   November 26, 2014

   Wen Tian (@wensington)

   For first time entrepreneurs, the goal should not be whether to build a million dollar company or a billion dollar company. The goal should be building a successful company that is either sustainable by itself or is of value to the acquirer. Whether the company is worth 1 million dollars or 1 billion dollars, the founders will learn learn immensely in the process, which will get them ready for building the billion dollar company the next round.

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   November 26, 2014

   John R Naugle

   Greetings from Atlanta: City of Peace. Hi David. I agree with you “most entrepreneurs don’t set out to build a billion dollar business.” Since we’re all living in this ‘new era of transformation’ and there is a greater emphasis on serving and giving, rather than getting and accumulating, then focusing on building a billion dollar business naturally becomes secondary as important.

   In my opinion, the entrepreneurs that excel in the best way are the ones with big hearts who create products and/or services that meet the key needs of individuals, companies, organizations and communities. Deep down, wise leaders know (sometimes through errors of judgment they’ve made) that cultivating and acquiring a big heart offers a greater return-on-investment of time as compared to establishing a big bank account.

   I offer myself as a prime example. In a Spiritual Capital sense, I’m already a $Billionaire because my heart is fully invested into seeing Atlanta fulfill its true destiny of becoming a global capital of peace so it can inspire our entire global family (THAT is our city’s historic possibility and secondary to our city’s common statistics that every city has). In a Material Capital sense though, I’m practically penniless because I know too little on the tech and social-networking side to make a success with my *audacious service campaign.

   It is exciting that many are being convinced that focusing on Service needs to remain primary. Don’t take my word for this position though. Instead, please consider these wise words from Albert Einstein: TIME Magazine’s “Man of the 20th Century.” He stated:
   “The value of a man resides in what he gives
   and not in what he is capable of receiving.”

   As entrepreneurs design their lives, families and companies around how to emanate gratitude then their products, services and success will naturally give back to the community. David, as an example, look at the Atlanta Tech Village (ATV). It is a great gift that you have given to Atlanta: The Unofficial Capital of the South, representing 7 states and 77 million people. I will forever be inspired by my first ATV Tour.

   If there is any recommendation that I can offer you, your ATV entrepreneurs, and blog-followers it would be to primarily focus on cultivating great virtues like Gratitude, Peace, Courage and Service. Here is a favorite video on Gratitude that I share widely and wildly:

   Also, these following quotes (14 in total) emphasize Service, Urgency, Vision and Courage. They have nourished and directed my personal path, and that of our organization, Atlanta: City of Peace, Inc (ACP). This first one is especially fitting since in a few short days (Dec. 11, 2014) many will be celebrating the exact 50th Anniversary of Dr. King’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture in Oslo, Norway:
   “Everyone can be great
   because everyone can serve.”
   http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-lecture.html

   Mahatma Gandhi stated:
   “The best way to find yourself
   is to lose yourself
   in the service of others.”

   Leonardo da Vinci stated:
   “I am never weary
   of being useful
   in serving others…
   I cannot do enough.”

   George Washington Carver stated:
   “It is simply service
   that measures success.”

   Virgil (70BC-19BC) stated:
   “Fortune favors the brave.”

   Louis D. Brandeis stated:
   “Most of the things worth doing
   in the world had been declared
   impossible before they were done.”

   Johann Goethe (1749-1832) stated:
   “Whatever you can do
   or dream you can, begin it.
   Boldness has genius,
   power and magic in it.”

   Rabindranath Tagore stated:
   “I awoke and saw that life was service.
   I acted and behold, service was joy.”

   Horace (65BC-8BC) stated:
   “Don’t think, just do.
   Begin, be bold and
   venture to be wise.
   Carpe diem!”

   Aristotle stated:
   “You will never do anything
   in this world without courage.
   Courage is the greatest quality
   of the mind next to honor.”

   Dr. King stated:
   “We are now faced with the fact,
   my friends, that tomorrow is today.
   We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.
   In this unfolding conundrum of life and history,
   there is such a thing as being too late.”

   (THIS old Proverb calls us to ‘mitigate’)…
   “Without vision, THE PEOPLE PERISH!”

   Sam Walton, Founder of Walmart
   (revenue 2014: $476 Billion), stated:
   “Capital isn’t scarce; vision is.”

   CS Lewis stated:
   “Courage is not simply
   one of the virtues.
   Courage is the form of every
   virtue at its testing point!”

   ___________________________
   [Calling Courageous Collaborators]
   *my audacious service campaign
   seeks re-design, mktng/social pros:
   http://www.Peace1000.com

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3. 

   November 27, 2014

   Dave Williams

   It’s all about being a billion dollar entrepreneur nt a billion dollar business.

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