Howard Tullman
Serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator and author
Howard Tullman is an American serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, educator, writer, and public speaker. He is the former CEO of 1871, a non-profit startup incubator ranked Number 1 in the world, the past President of two colleges, and the founding Executive Director of the Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Currently, Tullman serves as a managing partner for G2T3V, an early-stage investment firm. Tullman has written a weekly Inc. magazine column on entrepreneurs, startups, and innovation for the last 8 years along with several dozen books.
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If my competition was drowning, I’d throw them an anvil.
Flight Template Series: Entrepreneurial Leadership
Uncover Sustainable Competitive Advantages
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The key to effective internal investigation into new opportunities is to remember that your customers’ expectations are perpetually progressive. What’s more, their emerging needs and desires will always be met—the only question is whether your business or your competition will meet them. Of course, no company can capitalize or successfully execute upon every opportunity, and, it is important that the focus of the exercise should be on sustainable, competitive advantages that are available to your business and difficult for others to replicate. This flight will help your team evaluate objectives, strengths, and weaknesses along five primary dimensions — Who, What, Where, When, and How? — in order to identify new strategic project ideas, extensions, and initiatives.
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Bold new project and product ideas
Out-of-the-box approaches and solutions