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Re: Taking Back My Mind and Body in 2018

Clay Hebert — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:15:02 -0000

Proud of you, brother. Steve was lucky to have you. We’re all lucky to have you. Sending hugs and love and hope that our paths cross more in 2018.

Re: Steven Bristol, Rest In Peace

Clay Hebert — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:08:24 -0000

"I wear my personality on my sleeve, for sure, and my look is constantly changing because so am I." -Halsey

Steve was a beautiful soul and a dear friend who not only wore his personality on his sleeve but would give you the shirt off his back.

I miss him already.

Re: Meet Clay - A Better Way To Introduce Yourself To New People

Clay Hebert — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 13:16:43 -0000

Thanks, Mike. You're right. The pause is the hard part...but it's what makes it work.

Re: Meet Clay - A Better Way To Introduce Yourself To New People

Clay Hebert — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:04:25 -0000

I can't believe we did this in one take, Allan! We have to shoot more videos together. Thanks for being awesome.

Re: Platforms, Trends and Waves

Clay Hebert — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 15:48:37 -0000

@Mario Armstrong Great! Market research data is great (certainly better than nothing) but there's nothing as great as actual customer validation and traction.

There's often a large gap between what people say they'll do and what they'll actually do.

I'm rooting for you!

Re: Why Your Life Is Not A Journey

Clay Hebert — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:57:41 -0000

@Dave Delaney And hopefully more visits to Nashville. :)

Re: Why Your Life Is Not A Journey

Clay Hebert — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:53:32 -0000

More helping. More connecting. More speaking. More writing. More loving. More traveling.

And more shipping. :)

Re: I Found a Publisher For My Book

Clay Hebert — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:36:47 -0000

Congratulations, Geraldine. Love your writing. Excited for your debut book.

Re: 5 Experts’ Secrets to Public Speaking for Authors

Clay Hebert — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:03:13 -0000

Excited to participate!

Re: Minaal Bag

Clay Hebert — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:36:45 -0000

Doug and Jimmy are not just my favorite clients, they're some of my favorite humans.

Re: MBA429 Guest Teacher: Avoid These 5 Crowdfunding Mistakes with Clay Hebert

Clay Hebert — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:18:20 -0000

Omar and Nicole - thanks for having me on the show...I had a blast.

$100MBA community - if you have any questions, ask right here in the comments and I'll answer or point you in the right direction.

Re: 3 Strategies To Help You Choose The Right Business Idea To Pursue

Clay Hebert — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:19:52 -0000

I've started about 6 real projects (not counting childhood lemonade stands, etc.). Two successes. Four failures. And probably 50+ microfailures.... ideas -> domain names -> didn't proceed for a number of reasons.

Re: Crowdfunding advice in 55 tweets

Clay Hebert — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:12:42 -0000

Thanks, Marsha!

Re: Crowdfunding lessons from a six-time creator

Clay Hebert — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:30:22 -0000

@Bruce Ryan I'd love to know what you think. Also, I'll cover exactly how to setup your campaign for success on the Tuesday workshop. I hope you can join us.

Re: How to know when it’s time to call it quits

Clay Hebert — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:43:37 -0000

Tom and Mark,

Another great episode. You both hit on a lot of important points. What's in my head right now won't fit in a blog comment (and maybe deserves a book someday), but I'll try to summarize.

"Fail fast" is so glorified because for most new startups and ideas, failing is the only path to learning and validation.

The CB Insights report you mention earlier in the episode is spot on...most startups fail because there is no market need...and for so many new ideas, the only way to learn if there is a market need, is to talk to customers, put an "MVP" out there and get real reaction from the market and then build -> measure -> learn.

Failure is a learning tax that most startups have to pay. And the sooner they pay that tax and learn, the better (and less it costs).

But the years of insight and market research and data and relationships that Tom / Edison is bringing to their new venture is a huge and valuable trove of knowledge and experience that doesn't need to be earned via failure.

Because of prior learning, less failure is required. (Very crude graph attached.)

But you are also extremely self-aware. You know what you know and you know what are assumptions that still need to be tested. You're honest about the hard data you have and what still needs to be validated.

So many intrapreneurial ventures at big companies fail because:

1. Lack of self-awareness - Big companies often don't have that level of self-awareness and they don't admit what they don't know and what still should be tested.

2. Egos and politics and silos get in the way and the knowledge and experience that should be an asset becomes a rigid set of blinders to what the market really wants.

3. Misaligned incentives - Employees become more concerned about pleasing their boss and winning the politics game than being open and truly listening to the market. This is often an org and compensation structural issue...why are we surprised when people do what they're incentivized to do?

This is exactly what happened at the last company Julia worked for and I've seen it over and over. They treated it like a division, not like a separate startup. There was little market validation and a massive burn.

Great episode, guys. Keep it up.

Re: Thank you for leaping

Clay Hebert — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:41:46 -0000

Thank YOU, Kelli. I really enjoyed reading each of your posts and enjoyed our Zoom call a couple weeks ago. You've got an amazing mix of confidence, ambition, vulnerability and talent. Excited to stay in touch and watch the next chapter of your journey.

(Chapter. As in a book.)

(Chapter.)

Re: Thank you for leaping

Clay Hebert — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:38:36 -0000

He got me. :)

Re: Thank you for leaping

Clay Hebert — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:38:28 -0000

Hahahaha - thanks, Greg! Thanks for everything you brought to the program. It was a pleasure to watch all of you leap and grow.

Re: Day 343: Completing My First Spartan Race

Clay Hebert — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 21:35:21 -0000

In perpetual amazement of you, my friend.

Re: Announcing altMBA award recipients

Clay Hebert — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 10:21:33 -0000

Well deserved, Mike & Jeff!

Re: Sustainability Solutions, with People in Mind

Clay Hebert — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:23:25 -0000

This is a great start, Sarah.

The camera can make a lot of us (myself included) change from our normal, conversational personalities.

Your message is spot on. I want to see you deliver it with the confidence and articulation that you did during our 1-on-1 Zoom call. More practice with video will only help.

(Also, if you use a script, try putting it about 2-4 inches above the camera instead of looking down. That's a tip I learned from the folks at Wistia.)

Great job. I'm excited to see you do more videos.

Re: First Aid For Fairies – Stay Sane in a Crazy World

Clay Hebert — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:15:16 -0000

This is beautiful, Louise. Your passion, energy and empathy shine through.

Video is a great medium for you. I want to see more!

Re: “Deadlines matter”

Clay Hebert — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:08:35 -0000

Matt,

This is so great. As I listened, I was about to recommend Essentialism and then you immediately mentioned it. :)

Your confident delivery and actionable takeaways have me completely bought in.

Bravo.

Re: The marketing misconception

Clay Hebert — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:03:50 -0000

Anna, this is brilliant.

Your confidence and articulation (and props!) really helped me buy in to your message and I love how you used examples for us to relate to.

I'm sold. :)

Re: I Want to Know You

Clay Hebert — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 19:59:37 -0000

Wow. What an amazing story, Jontie (and your visuals were spot on).

It reminded me of what Michael Hebb explained in his TEDx talk.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...