Great Ideas for Starting Things

There's a very interesting section from Guy Kawasaki's book Art of the Start and that's the concept of GIST – short for Great Ideas for Starting Things. It's a wonderful way to get ideas and YOUR business going. It's also a great way to start a movement (like HungryPeople).

GIST

[ GREAT IDEAS FOR STARTING THINGS ]

1 MAKE MEANING. The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning—to create a product or service that makes the world a better place. So your first task is to decide how you can make meaning.

2 MAKE MANTRA. Forget mission statements; theyʼre long, boring, and irrelevant. No one can ever remember them—much less implement them. Instead, take your meaning and make a mantra out of it. This will set your entire team on the right course.

3 GET GOING. Start creating and delivering your product or service. Think soldering irons, compilers, hammers, saws, and AutoCAD—whatever tools you use to build products and services. Donʼt focus on pitching, writing, and planning.

4 DEFINE YOUR BUSINESS MODEL. No matter what kind of organization youʼre starting, you have to figure out a way to make money. The greatest idea, technology, product, or service is short-lived without a sustainable business model.

5 WEAVE A MAT (MILESTONES, ASSUMPTIONS, AND TASKS). The final step is to compile three lists: (a) major milestones you need to meet; (b) assumptions that are built into your business model; and (c) tasks you need to accomplish to create an organization. This will enforce discipline and keep your organization on track when all hell breaks loose—and all hell will break loose.

HUNGRYPEOPLE'S GIST

HungryPeople is about conversations. In fact, we would LOVE to have a Conversation with YOU.

HungryPeople is for YOU! That's our mantra! At HungryPeople, there's always a “table” for YOU. You'd never go hungry when YOU'RE here.

HungryPeople is always ON 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

HungryPeople's Business Model is simple – it's FREE (read Chris Anderson's book entitled FREE). 

HungryPeople's MAT is simple: to start millions of conversations with YOU about stories, about people, about ideas, about life every single day.

Learn more on Guy Kawasaki's work at http://blog.guykawasaki.com/.

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