Comments on: Are You Best in the World at Something? http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something Greg Gottesman's Blog Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:50:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Shalendra Chhabra (Shalen) http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-49 Shalendra Chhabra (Shalen) Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:23:16 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-49 This is a good post and reminds me of Fred Wilson’s post on identifying atomic unit of your product. So marrying your post with Fred’s, essentially as a company, at least identify your atomic unit and be the best at it -
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/08/feature-friday-whats-the-atomic-unit-of-your-productservice.html

I would even extrapolate this to startup teams. Speaking from my own personal experience, if you have a team with complementary skill set with team members being the best at their required job function, as long as they all get along well, the chances of success are higher. Having said that, this reminds of Joe Kraus’s post on “If You Don’t Think You Need It, You Haven’t Seen Greatness” – http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/24/you-havent-seen-greatness/

PS: Glad that you are blogging.

]]> By: wiedza i życie http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-48 wiedza i życie Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:37:51 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-48 You have mentioned very interesting details! ps decent site.

]]> By: GG http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-41 GG Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:30:26 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-41 Yes, I have updated it with hyperlinks. Thanks!

]]> By: Javier Cazares http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-39 Javier Cazares Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:26:16 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-39 Great advice and article! Thanks for sharing – It will definitely help me decide on my Startup overall idea!
Thanks!

]]> By: Kyle Kesterson http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-35 Kyle Kesterson Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:34:19 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-35 “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks at once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee

]]> By: greggottesman http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-31 greggottesman Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:55:54 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-31 I love that quote from the Bollywood flick. Do you remember what movie it was from?

]]> By: Fallon http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-28 Fallon Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:00:40 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-28 Hey There. I found your blog using msn. This is a very well written article. I’ll be sure to bookmark it and return to read more of your useful information. Thanks for the post. I will definitely return.

]]> By: Shane Jones http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-26 Shane Jones Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:27:24 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-26 Reminds me of a Nike t-shirt that reads, “I’m the Michael Jordan of _______”

Every entrepreneur should pick one up and fill in the blank with whatever it is you do. Mine reads, “I’m the Michael Jordan of Meetings”

]]> By: Kulin http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-23 Kulin Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:39:13 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-23 Awesome advice! I completely agree. Focus on that one problem and make it big in that space. There is a dialogue I remember from a Bollywood flick where a martial arts teacher tells his student (translated) “I am not interested in the 1000 moves that you know. I am interested in that 1 move which you have practised a 1000 times.”

Look forward to reading more posts!

]]> By: Nat Brown http://StarkRavingVC.com/2012/10/08/are-you-best-in-the-world-at-something/#comment-16 Nat Brown Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:31:36 +0000 http://StarkRavingVC.com/?p=21#comment-16 It’s an excellent point to try to be the best in the world – and super important for you and your team to believe you are the best in the world, and to be able to defend how you are better (not just different) than other people.

(Excited to see you blogging, your BB post brought tears to my eyes remembering my “first wife,” BB810, long-since divorced. Please be sure to mark up hyperlinks to these great local companies in your posts – Redfin, Zulily, Tableau, Apptio, and Decide – so people who don’t know them can get there fast!)

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