They are advice from Vishna. He is author of several books
What he learned and his advice
1. Tolerate pain.
E.g. Elon Musk applied at Netflix but was not invited for interview. The best way to do this was
to create his own company. But the journey from there to Spacex was just like eating glass
its painful...
2. Know why. Its the greater motivator (others say have assets and system but this is more permanent than systems or assets and easier to do)
Business is not about making money. The business of business maybe to push forward the
frontier of humanity. As with Navea Jain. His vision is to extend the life of humans, not to
get him sick
Big vision gets big people, Great people come with great ideas. You do not need more money.
3. Stay in the vision zone
Its not about PHP or profit
According to Richard Branson, its all about getting people alignedd with your vision, and once
clear make them do this...
He served burgers to 50 interns in his house. To get them hooked with his vision and work towards that
4. Bring an upside to the downside (from Paul McKenna) Paying more for an apartment? You can host parties that bring in investors and customer, and save on hotel
Ricihard Branson got stranded in Carribean. on the way to UK. He thought of getting a chartered
flight and invited others to join and split the bill. That gave him an idea of setting up Virgin Islands airline. So he leased an old 747 from Boeing which they initially refused. Later on they agreed. Pay the lease 30 days after. In the meantime he earned revenues from the flight...
5. Failure is curriculum
From Michael Beckewith
Kensho - learning from failure
