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Overview - What is Blue Ocean Strategy? Blue Ocean Strategy has been a corporate and business “buzzword” for over twelve years. But it is part of the business strategy lexicon for a reason. Blue Ocean Strategy is a powerful tool for entrepreneurs who want to create new markets instead of competing within established markets. The goal of Blue Ocean Strategy is not to generate business concepts that compete for market Read more
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Interview with Peter Thiel by Wired UK at Oxford in 2014, posted on YouTube . Edited for clarity and length.
1/Do you think there is a correlation between Asperger’s and successful founders ?
In its mildest forms, yes. And I think it is an indictment of our society that the people who are most socially adept end up having so little conviction about their ideas.
Since they are so good at picking up o Read more
Guest post by Mawuna Kuotonin Editor/Founder SiliconAfrica.com
Perhaps there is something to be said for ‘fake it till you make it’ in the startup world .
Great stories make great nations. Before nation builders there are great people builders.
The saying, “The sun never sets on the British Empire” was true as recently as 1937 when tiny England did, in fact, still have posses Read more
Nuggets of wisdom from the book :
We’ve instrumentalized niceness as a way of greasing the social wheels, yet it’s often a ruse. We’re polite and we don’t disagree to get through daily existence with the least degree of friction.
But by turning niceness into a lubricant, we’ve leeched it of meaning. A smile and a nod might signify “Get me out of here!” as much as Read more
