Planning Is Guessing
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Long-term planning, strategic planning, tactical planning -- all of these types of planning are really funny for a start-up, chuckles David Heinemeier Hansson, partner at 37signals. The punch line, he delivers, is that a start-up doesn't even know if it will be doing business in five years, let alone five months. These types of planning suit a stable business, like McDonald's in Northern Illinois. But a new business in a new industry has no clue what it will need long-term. In fact, he adds, most decisions for a start-up are incredibly temporary. What does matter more than planning? Simply starting.
Description
| Type of resource | moving image |
|---|---|
| Extent | 1 digital video file |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Date created | January 20, 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Sound content | sound |
| Color content | color |
Creators/Contributors
| Speaker | Hansson, David Heinemeier |
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Subjects
| Subject | Entrepreneurship |
|---|---|
| Subject | Business |
| Genre | Filmed lectures |
Bibliographic information
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/nt047bx3652 |
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| Location | SC1209 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (archivesref@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2010 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar, videorecordings
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