Description
Imagine that you're a member of a venture capital group of a decision-making body inside a fast-growing company. Everyday, new business projects and ideas are hurled your way. Some are trash, some are solid gold. How do you know the difference?In this ground-breaking book, a top-level manager reveals the methodology used by the movers and the shakers in Silicon Valley to decide what's a "go" and what's a "no."
The amazing thing about this go-or-no approach is that it is both fast and extremely effective. Knowing this simple process will make you a much more effective decision maker. You will be able to apply it to a whole variety of important situations:
- Deciding if your idea is viable before you present it to your colleagues
- Assessing if a new profit center is going to succeed
- Putting your entrepreneurial ideas to the acid test before you risk your life savings
- Improving a good idea by making sure every aspect of it is tightly planned
- Assessing investment opportunities, based on the criteria in this book
- Creating business plans that will wow your audience
The Silicon Valley Way is your powerful entry into the mind-set of the most powerful and successful business leaders of today. They have amassed fortunes and built empires by knowing which questions to ask. Now, so can you.
ISBN:0761512721
