Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)
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- Create Date：2021-04-17 14:56:14
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Joshua Spodek
- ISBN：1733039902
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Daniel Aguilar
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A simple method for taking initiative on any professional project， either inside a company or creating a business。I am tempted to say it is perhaps too simplistic， but after a second thought I guess that's where part of its value reside。A very summarised summary:1。 Find/think of a topic you are interested in， that you feel motivated about。 What's a problem in that area that you'd like to help with？2。 Follow a sequence of iterations talking to people related to the topic， from close acquaintances A simple method for taking initiative on any professional project， either inside a company or creating a business。I am tempted to say it is perhaps too simplistic， but after a second thought I guess that's where part of its value reside。A very summarised summary:1。 Find/think of a topic you are interested in， that you feel motivated about。 What's a problem in that area that you'd like to help with？2。 Follow a sequence of iterations talking to people related to the topic， from close acquaintances to valuable people away from you。 Ask useful questions。 Listen。 Take notes。 Move gradualy from problem discovery/exploration to solution ideation。 Reflect。 Refine your assumptions。3。 Create a diagram that captures your solution as a system （your project， your business。。。）， actors and dynamics （what each actors gives to and gets from the system）。4。 Sketch basic financials of that system。 Refine it iteratively （along with the diagram） until it is sustainable （usually meaning "profitable"， but not just that）5。 Reach out to highly valuable people （potential partners， investors，clients。。。） as you get your project moved from paper to reality。So， obviously nothing truly new if you've read things about entrepreneurship， personal MBA， etc。。。 Yet， here it is put in a pretty simple and practical way （it is written in a sort of step-by-step guide） that makes it easier to get started。I's recommend it to anyone thinking on starting a project and not quite sure on how to do it。 。。。more
Gregg
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Four stars as a framework for exploring the viability of projectsAs a read it is ok。 I would have preferred the narrative parts to be less intertwined with the actual framework exercises
Antoine Buteau
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Exercises are actually super useful and worth the read， but 2/3 of the book feels like a self-serving promotion and could have been cut by half。
Melissa
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Joshua gives a completely different perspective on starting a business。 He explains what the alternative could be to what a lot of us believe startups should be like。 Some of us think it should be like Shark Tank， we should have a great pitch， and venture capital or angel investors。 This style of business is not the only way and may not suit everyone。 Initiative is a methodology on how to do it differently。 Half the book is the explanation and the other half is exercises that include checklists。 Joshua gives a completely different perspective on starting a business。 He explains what the alternative could be to what a lot of us believe startups should be like。 Some of us think it should be like Shark Tank， we should have a great pitch， and venture capital or angel investors。 This style of business is not the only way and may not suit everyone。 Initiative is a methodology on how to do it differently。 Half the book is the explanation and the other half is exercises that include checklists。 I think it's a great way to initiate anything whether it's a new business idea or an idea for an existing business。 The book gives the step-by-step guidelines on how to develop your idea in a way that's collaborative and unforced。 。。。more
Philippe Scheimann
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