Skip to content

Eric Friedman

  • Home
  • Fractional COO & Coaching
  • About

Startup Analogies: Putting the wood behind one arrow

December 3, 2009 by Eric Friedman

This is one I have heard at the BOD level a few times; putting the wood behind one arrow.

Here is a favorite example of putting all the wood behind one arrow from the Sun CEO back in 2007.

It basically boils down to concentrating on one area and focus.

It provides a worldview that provides solid constraints but focused energy.

I realize that describing this one is harder than it looks, but hopefully you get the idea.

Related

Tags: Startup Analogies

Post navigation

Previous Post:

99.99% (or its totally going to happen but isnt signed yet)

Next Post:

The Boxee Beta Event & Boxee Box

Search

Subscribed to my email newsletter

Recent Posts

  • Tools I use: Krisp.ai
  • Building Conviction When Startup Investing
  • Tools I use: Vimcal
  • Pro Tips When Starting Up
  • 2022 Predictions

Top Posts

  • 3 Wide 3 Deep
    3 Wide 3 Deep
  • Aberrant Geniuses (aka jerks)
    Aberrant Geniuses (aka jerks)
  • Always Have An Ask
    Always Have An Ask
  • Micro-wins-as-a-Service & North Star Metrics (Onaroll.co)
    Micro-wins-as-a-Service & North Star Metrics (Onaroll.co)
  • The First 10 People
    The First 10 People
  • 2022 Predictions
    2022 Predictions
  • Hardware as a SaaS business (HaaS?)
    Hardware as a SaaS business (HaaS?)
  • Building The Machine
    Building The Machine

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Projects

  • Building The Machine
  • DoBlu.com
  • Eat.ly
  • Multiplayergames.com
Thoughts from Eric Friedman