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You have to learn to see the gold in dirt, which means that you try to spot people with potential as well as ideas that have potential.

From Max McKeown

Entrepreneurs are like cats, because they are independent and do their own thing. Although organisations say they like cats, what they really want is sheep that they can herd.

From Max McKeown

Entrepreneurs don't believe the future is predictable - but they do believe that they can create the future themselves.

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Strategy is not really a solo sport - even If you're the CEO.

From Max McKeown

Who's more likely to succeed - someone with high skill and no ambition, or no skill and high ambition? If you're an entrepreneur, you can hire as many skilled people for your business as you want.

From Max McKeown

There are immense numbers of potential entrepreneurs who can start their own businesses among the people who are working in large organisations.

From Max McKeown

If you change the rules of the market, you can be more successful than your competitors.

From Max McKeown

Change is not overcoming inertia as much as it is redirecting, guiding, tweaking what already is and what has already happened. We must believe that we can make choices and that those choices can alter the future.

From Max McKeown

At the point that an idea approaches perfection, fashion and expectations surge ahead, leaving the innovator with considerable room to find further improvements.

From Max McKeown

The founder of Dell found ways of delivering Hewlett Packard's most profitable products for much lower prices but forgot to deliver their quality so within a few years had fallen behind again. Ideas need constant renewal. A great idea will never be perfect and will never work perfectly in all markets and all seasons.

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