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This goes back to Jim Collins book Great by Choice and the idea of Bullets then Cannonballs. [1]"First, you fire bullets (low-cost, low-risk, low-distraction e
by TrueSlacker0 4y ago
This goes back to Jim Collins book Great by Choice and the idea of Bullets then Cannonballs.
[1]"First, you fire bullets (low-cost, low-risk, low-distraction experiments) to figure out what will work—calibrating your line of sight by taking small shots. Then, once you have empirical validation, you fire a cannonball (concentrating resources into a big bet) on the calibrated line of sight. Calibrated cannonballs correlate with outsized results; uncalibrated cannonballs correlate with disaster. The ability to turn small proven ideas (bullets) into huge hits (cannonballs) counts more than the sheer amount of pure innovation."
[1] https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/fire-bullets-then-cannonballs.html https://www.jimcollins.com/concepts/fire-bullets-then-cannon...
- boplicity 4y agoInteresting...I definitely read some Jim Collins books early on; though I'm not sure of the timing. This was like 20 years ago.