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Analyst or Entrepreneur?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

          Ted Turner was told by the analysts that an all-news cable channel would not succeed. His bold plunge forward with CNN is a huge success story. Online designers predicted Craigslist was too cumbersome, with too many links and was not slick enough or trustworthy enough to succeed. Last year Craigslist generated more than $125 million in revenue, of which nearly $100 million was profit!
\n          Are you an analyst or an entrepreneur? Analysts investigate what has been done in the past to design systems or processes with minimal risk and a certain security or safety of return.<\/span><\/div>\n
          Entrepreneurs, on the other hand, are in possession of a new unproven enterprise, venture or idea, and are accountable for the inherent risk and results created by that idea or venture.<\/span><\/div>\n
          The route taken by analysts seldom produces extraordinary results, although conversely, they seldom fail. Entrepreneurs, on the other hand, often fail, but occasionally stumble upon amazing results.<\/span><\/div>\n
          In the pre-consolidation age of broadcasting, many of the eccentric entrepreneurs who had broadcasting licenses were admittedly poor business people or analysts. But they succeeded, and failed, because they had a passion for trying new ideas. And they had fun!<\/span><\/div>\n
          There’s an old adage that says “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”.<\/span><\/div>\n
         If you take a walk on a beaten path in a public park, you can logically predict your destination. Scaling the rugged cliffs of Mount Everest, while not nearly as predictable a journey, is certainly more exhilarating, rewarding and extraordinary than walking the beaten path.    <\/span><\/div>\n
          Most shareholders want analysts at the helm of their investments. But these same analysts can limit extraordinary success in favor of moderate returns.<\/span><\/div>\n
          I think it’s time to create a hybrid broadcast company…..one that has a ‘safe’ predictable business plan, accentuated by a few risky ventures, one of which just might be the next CNN or Craigslist….nothing ventured, nothing gained. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Randy’s What If<\/span><\/u>: What if you challenged each of your sales people to launch an unproven idea to generate more sales and they all failed but one? And that one created a huge annually sustainable success?<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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