This post from Harvard Business Publishing is one of the few posts that had my attention to the end, only to be disappointed when it ended with an empty metaphor. Skyhooks, cranes & bootstrapping? Okay... give some examples of each and then defend your bootstrapping position, please.
We believe if companies do nothing, essentially have their head in the sand, they'll suffocate. We believe if they are well capitalized they can right size and move slowly & steadily to win.
We know that companies are still spending. We also know that companies are no longer spending based simply on relationships. Nothing is sacred. Everything is being reevaluated.
THIS is the best time for new business development to aim even higher than before. Pass over the deer and shoot for the whales. Call on relationships that previously would never have given you the time of day.
Why? NOW, they want to see who else is out there. If you are smarter, faster, less expensive and can deliver the goods you will gain new clients... the whales. Our defiance started movement here in Atlanta. This is our manifesto.
"Defy the Recession" Manifesto & Movement
1. Promise to see possibilities where others blindly accept problems.
2. Refuse to comply with naysayers, prophets of doom, Chicken Littles, doubting Thomases and other glass-half-empty types.
3. Make even smaller molehills out of molehills.
4. Refuse to give in to the hype.
5. Choose to be agile rather than afraid.
6. Shake a fist, make an angry face and spit loudly when the words recession, economic downturn, slump and crisis are heard.
7. Promise to work smarter and opt in to success.
8. Draw a handlebar mustache and glasses on the face of the recession, if it had one.
9. Don’t just survive, flourish.
10. Make really great lemonade.