Jim Panttaja

Mary wrote an entry today about starting a business 20 years later, the similarities and the differences. It is still true that people are the core — and finding the right partners and team members is essential to success. Mary has written a lot about catching the updraft, and the importance of both your own, and your entire teams approach to the creative process. Starting a business is a creative process. You need to make sure that you and your team are working together to Envision, Align and Embody your results.

You can’t just grab a bunch of smart people and go. You have to get the right collection of smart people. The right skills, the right skills mix, the right view of the goal, and the common desire - make that expectation - of success.

What is different now, is that we know more - and know more people than we did 20 years ago.