There is huge value in the first follower.
Either BE that person OR if you are the #1, then make sure you nurture that person.
Derek explains things clearly:
There is huge value in the first follower.
Either BE that person OR if you are the #1, then make sure you nurture that person.
Derek explains things clearly:
ME:
For anyone who HAS heard about this concept before AND had experience using it, (regardless of whether or not you have a term for it…) do you have any road-tested opinions?
nfx are some of the smartest VCs out there (& accomplished in their own right >$10bn in exits of companies they built).
Thinking in terms of network will become relevant as we transition tech platform, which will enable us to become a platform in our own right.
How each individual user gets more value from the platform with each additional user is something for us to figure out.
Also, how each entity (venue, streaming brand, etc), which sits on our platform, gets more value from each additional brand is also worth thinking through once we get into platform developments in the next 12 months.
This 7min vid is worth a watch to stew things at the back of your mind:
Hopefully, the evolution will be to move from pure content acquisition creation –> to content network –> to data network.
Obviously the lights have to stay on in order to get to that point, but this could easily form part of the viable narrative for raising future rounds.
Naturally, as an EPIC alumnus, my antennae pronged in resonance.
I reached out to the owner and said the following:
“I’d be honoured to take up the mantle of shark group admin and carry the torch for the next leg of the journey.
His response:
“You’re the first one that came to mind dude so let’s make it happen. would be happy to pass the torch your way.”
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There was no big deal here.
I had simply been contributing to the group over the last 12 months.
Not sycophantically. And certainly not all 1-way traffic.
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So what?
Well, what I now have is control of a group… $0.
(It’s more of an autonomous collective – see python video for more detail).
50+ highly trained marketing minds to share with, request for insight & help, offer opportunities to work on projects, grow companies, and so on.
Contributing to that group (and this one) has been a satisfying thing to do. AND is a conscious Quadrant 2 (Eisenhower –> Covey) behaviour.
Acquiring any asset requires work, even if that work is sowing seeds to build trust and reputation over years.
Oh, and for 3-mins light relief of British comedy gold. This is how Medieval Times really went down:
Quadrant 2 activities as defined by Dwight Eisenhower are the things that are “Important” but “Not Urgent”.
The eponymous Eisenhower Matrix was popularised by the famous management & leadership coach, Stephen Covey, in his well-known book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”.
What do we mean by tasks that are “Important” but “Not Urgent”?
There are really 2 groups of activities within Quadrant 2.
There are activities to maintain & nurture.
And there are activities which compound or create a step-change.
Regardless of type, they are things that would NOT happen as a matter of inevitability, if you paid no attention.
In all likelihood, they would slip off your radar and no bad thing would happen.
At least not in the short term.
Maintenance activities are things like:
Compounding or step-change creating activities are things such as:
The larger you can make the time allocation to your Quadrant 2, then the further ahead you will ultimately get.
Does your life situation currently allow you to spend time on Q2 every morning?
If not, then how about at least once or twice a week?
Do it now – schedule time with yourself in your calendar that is for you, and you alone to start (or deepen) your journey into Quadrant 2 living.
Let me know what bubbles up!
Rich