Master Your Ideaflow with Author & Director of Stanford Design School Jeremy Utley
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January 2023 Edition
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Episode #90
Jeremy Utley, author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric that Matters ((Published by Penguin) & Director of Executive Education at the Haaso Platner School of Design at Stanford joined Startup Mindsets Podcast as a guest to talk about how Ideaflow can benefit organizations large and small. After all, the decision to do something always starts with an idea.
Jeremy graduated the Stanford GSB the same year Earl did, 2009. We’re extra excited to have Jeremy on the pod for a conversation about why "Ideaflow" is an important way of thinking in today's work environment.
In the podcast, you will hear about and learn
I know kung fu moments
Why Experience is a Liability (sometimes)
To Keep a bug list (Things that bug you, literally)
Innovation is fueled by novel inputs
Implementating an idea
Having the perspective that you are a problem solver is beneficial.
What Makes a Startup Different from a Traditional Business?
A startup in the 21st century definition is a company that develops a software component as its main product for sale.
Software allows for mass adoption, quicker than tangible goods. For example, uber has an app which sells rides in their marketplace. Airbnb sells lodging, snapchat sells media, zoom sells video conferencing et
Traditional businesses include everything else such as a restaurant, a furniture store, you name it. These business make their own products from scratch most likely, have trademark’s etc. but what separates them from a startup is the
While traditional businesses do not need to make their own software, we are living in an age where consumers enjoy the option to select based on convenience. This means traditional businesses need to make their own website, use social media tools to drive customers and grow a digital presence.
Having a startup mindset not only applies to those seeking to be entrepreneurs, but anyone looking to enhance their current skills or become better in business. We have found that fostering growth requires having the right mindset. combine the way a startup operates with achieving a big hairy audacious goal and you’ll arrive at a startup mindset.
You see, the world is on a route of exponential technological growth and maintaining competitiveness during periods of economic uncertainty prove challenging.
In our book, we teach you not only how to cope with the innovative landscape that exists but how to apply these principles in order to thrive. While it may seem simple, spend time learning new technologies or grow at every cost, understand that everyone is different based on how they grew up and applying a mindset to a particular use case is not easy by any means.
It requires courage to take the first step and then being able to maintain that energy along a path that is challenging but fulfilling.
This book is not just intended for entrepreneurs but people seeking guidance in carving out their own fulfilling path in life.
Podcast Guests in the News!
Alyona Mysko (Episode 62) CEO of Fuel Finance raises 1M USD
Ukrainian-American Fuelfinance raises $1M despite the war, building startup-focused financial planning software.
KYIV, Ukraine — January 31st, 2023 — Fuelfinance, a company making software for financial management and planning in startups announced it raised $1M in Seed Funding. Investors include two CEOs of unicorn companies, with Bolt’s Markus Villig, and SendBird’s John S. Kim, as well as San Francisco-based Stratmind and Eastern Europe-focused Bad Ideas funds.
Next Guest on Startup Mindsets: Simon Alexander Ong
