The UC 053: Disciplined Entrepreneurship with Bill Aulet

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The Unapologetic Capitalist

Alison Gerlach: Entrepreneur, Business Strategist, Venture Investor, and Lecturer

60 episodes

9 months ago

The Unapologetic Capitalist preaches the “venture gospel” for anyone who is compelled to build an opportunity of substantial, long-term value. The show is thought provoking and explores issues that keep entrepreneurs, leaders and business executives up at night in their pursuit for significant financial success. Listeners should expect to be entertained while also educated on the ever-evolving fundamentals and realities of businesses, industries and marketplaces. The show has a style that is captivating and sometimes contentious. It’s meant to challenge the listener’s thinking while bringing simplicity to sometimes complex business and management concepts. The show gives first-hand, unfettered understanding of the “entrepreneur’s ride” leaving the listener well equipped, with tools, frameworks, and take-aways to take that ride with their eyes wide open. Leave your ego and politics at the door, and generate substantial long-term value with The Unapologetic Capitalist.

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The UC 053: Disciplined Entrepreneurship with Bill Aulet

The Unapologetic Capitalist

51 minutes 35 seconds

9 years ago

The UC 053: Disciplined Entrepreneurship with Bill Aulet

There is a ton of advice out there on starting a company. Some of the advice is sage, but much of it is inappropriately projective, often capricious, and even wayward. Starting and growing a company demands diligence, patience and most of all productivity. The Unapologetic Capitalist has an earnest discussion with Bill Aulet, Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu, on following the optimal path for building a venture in the current business environment. Insights from Bill’s new book Disciplined Entrepreneurship (http://www.d-eship.com) are pondered as they relate to today’s entrepreneur.

* Introduction of Show Topic: Disciplined Entrepreneurship with Bill Aulet
* Brief Recap of Past Couple of Shows

* Optimal Time Management…Don’t strive to be ‘busy’ strive to be accessible
* Don’t place blame…take responsibility

* Blame or fault is backwards looking
* Responsibility is forward thinking
* ‘No one is coming’…acknowledgement and responsibility opens up innovation and opportunity

* Introduction of Bill Aulet

* Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
* Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
* Email: aulet@mit.edu, Twitter: @billaulet

* Overview of MIT & Martin Trust Center Entrepreneurship @MIT: http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu
* What is Disciplined Entrepreneurship? Website: disciplinedentrepreneurship.com or www.d-eship.com
* How do you define Disciplined Entrepreneurship?
* Where do you see the new generation of entrepreneurs erring in their path towards building a venture? How will Disciplined Entrepreneurship get folks on the right path from the start and/or help them get back on the right path if they have already strayed?
* What are the 1 or 2 take aways you hope readers take from Disciplined Entrepreneurship?

* Total Addressable Market: Opportunity has to be big and growing, but the segment that you are initially tackling must be focused.
* New technologies must show that they are in a growing market place…the total Addressable market might be small today, but if the technology is cutting edge then it might be compelling.