Entrepreneurial Attribution Errors

This is rarely, if ever, that.

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For Entrepreneurs:

You’re not Mark Zuckerberg or any other entrepreneur.

Your business model is not Facebook’s or any other startup’s.

This is not to say that you can’t try to emulate certain aspects of other entrepreneurs.

Nor is this to say that you can’t borrow pieces of other business models.

What this does say is:

This is not that.

You are you. Your company is your own.

For Entrepreneurial Ecosystems:

Your startup community is not Silicon Valley. And it’s unlikely it will ever become Silicon Valley.

The incubator, accelerator, or co-working facility you toured in a neighboring city likely can not be cloned in your own.

Certain aspects of other startup communities CAN be replicated and scaled in your own community (if the necessary supply and demand for those programs and services exist).

But in general, your community is not theirs.

This is not that.

Attribution errors lead to painful outcomes. Lost time, lost money, lost hope.

Bask in your uniqueness. Take pride in being genuine. Above all, be yourself.

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