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Business Lessons learned from Road Warrior

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Transcript

  1. Observational lessons and business insight via southern hemisphere resource markets

    v1, 06/12

  2. OR,

  3. Everything I know about business I learned watching Road Warrior*

    *Mad Max 2

  4. Road Warrior? Why?

  5. Launched a genre Classic hero’s journey Top 5 explosion on

    film Only 16 lines of dialogue for hero

  6. Lesson 0.5 Be concise Be lean

  7. Lesson 1 Opportunity

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  12. Be aware of ops Move fast What do you know?

    Love? Local flavor. Exportable?

  13. Lesson 2 Do your homework

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  18. Market leaders? Doing it right? Low tech sector opportunity? Find

    your future users

  19. Lesson 3 Partnership

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  22. Separate talents Know thyself Discuss the end, respective “outs”

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  25. Mutual respect Clarity = happiness

  26. Lesson 3 Negotiations

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  28. Be prepared. Provide a solution Mutual goals in mind Use

    facts, not feelings

  29. Lesson 3 Negotiation tactics

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  31. Reducing leverage

  32. “This will be great for your Portfolio”

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  34. Reduce the risk Give to get

  35. Another Negotiation Tactic

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  38. Bluffing It happens

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  41. Another Negotiation Tactic

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  43. Impassioned plea

  44. Reduce leverage Reduce the risk Bluffing Impassioned plea

  45. Brutal honesty

  46. Lesson 4 Get it in Writing

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  48. Story time...

  49. Sets expectations Clarity for stakeholders Good future karma

  50. Lesson 5 Honor your contracts

  51. Last one

  52. Mentoring

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  55. Be of service to others You get 10x in return

    Learn about yourself

  56. Let’s burn this mother down and see who won the

    iPad
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  58. Thank you! @alexcapehart