Comments on: Fewer words, greater effect.

By: Rick Munson

Rick Munson — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:26:39 +0000

Dave, your vision on goals is awesome, and I thank you for sharing both your wisdom and your knowledge. Being a retired military officer, I can sure relate to what you say. The distinction between your corporate vision, mission, and goals was A+!! This helps us all towards a better understanding on “how it works” to “make it happen” !

Warm Regards,

Rick

By: Frank Singer

Frank Singer — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:53:40 +0000

A number of studies show that after eight minutes the presenter starts losing his/her audience, so the 10/20/30 rule is close enough.

By: Bill Carpenter

Bill Carpenter — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:18:21 +0000

Receiving your pearls of wisdom in weekly bites makes it easy to absorb.

When approached by entrepreneurs I start by telling them for their enterprise to be interesting to me I need to hear three simple things – hopefully reduced to a simple mission statement:
* who’s the customer
* what’s the product or service
* how valuable is that to the customer?

Interestingly, I’ve found that very few entrepreneurs can deliver a clear answer to those “simple” questions. Thanks for keeping our world developing!

By: Tony Lee

Tony Lee — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:48:07 +0000

Dave,

I absolutely agree.

By: Michael P. Ridley

Michael P. Ridley — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:42:24 +0000

Dave, every lawyer even those who bill by the word, pr person, and marketing person should have this as mandatory reading.
Brevity
If I had only a few slides and words to be concise,
Would I be viewed as incise?
Or would the thin veil expose
Knowledge in repose?
Say too much, put people to sleep,
Too little, they soon vote with their feet.
It is not the number of words on a page,
That makes you more wise, more sage,
Rather the words like a shining sword,
That cut through the chaff and harvest the learning on board.
© Michael p ridley 12/2/09

By: Dan Hoefflin

Dan Hoefflin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:31:16 +0000

Great thoughts Dave. My wife is always saying, “Less is More”. I guess you would agree.

Your articles are interesting, entertaining, and useful.

All the best,
Dan

By: Jon Gordon

Jon Gordon — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:01:21 +0000

As always you are spot on with a good sprinkling of humor.

Our advice to early stage companies trying to get us interested in looking at their company for investment is to send us one slide or sheet of paper with 3 or less colors and a few words and some pictures and even some arrows, which convey all sides of their business.

One slide as a summary of a complete slide deck is the equivalent of an Executive Summary to a Business Plan.