Comments on: Knowing when to “move-on”, drop everything, and do something else http://EthicalBusinessBuilder.com/2010/02/21/knowing-when-to-move-on-drop-everything-and-do-something-else/ Be an Ethical Entrepreneur, Investor, and Business Builder Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ethicalbusinessbuilder http://EthicalBusinessBuilder.com/2010/02/21/knowing-when-to-move-on-drop-everything-and-do-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-441 ethicalbusinessbuilder Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:15:22 +0000 http://EthicalBusinessBuilder.com/?p=439#comment-441 Bob Parsons, the CEO of Godaddy.com, sold his first business, Parsons Technology, for $64 million dollars and after just watching his video blog on <a href="http://www.bobparsons.me/index.php?isc=oyh20h&ci=14967&id=-1&targetGuid=15e83d6d-df6f-490a-96f2-e47ca3d0173e" rel="nofollow"> "5 things you don't learn at business school"</a>, I couldn't help but notice his first 2 recommendations (hedge your bet and don't get a partner unless absolutely necessary) matched up with items I've learned and blogged about on EthicalBusinessBuilder.com. :-) His other 3 lessons were, Keep your own Counsel, Don't Fight Fate, and Get Lucky. The latter 2 are great reasons why I suggest you hedge your bet. You just can't predict what opportunities will pop-up or how consumers will respond to everything you do. Though I haven't made $64 million yet, it's good to know no matter what size business you're running, the lessons are the same. Bob Parsons, the CEO of Godaddy.com, sold his first business, Parsons Technology, for $64 million dollars and after just watching his video blog on “5 things you don’t learn at business school”, I couldn’t help but notice his first 2 recommendations (hedge your bet and don’t get a partner unless absolutely necessary) matched up with items I’ve learned and blogged about on EthicalBusinessBuilder.com. :-)
His other 3 lessons were, Keep your own Counsel, Don’t Fight Fate, and Get Lucky. The latter 2 are great reasons why I suggest you hedge your bet. You just can’t predict what opportunities will pop-up or how consumers will respond to everything you do.
Though I haven’t made $64 million yet, it’s good to know no matter what size business you’re running, the lessons are the same.

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