Comments on: Toxophilite Guide to Innovation

By: Paul Williams

Paul Williams — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:37:55 +0000

@Paul – Great example, Thank you!
@Gwyneth – Terrific idea! I’m going to let the folks at New Shoes Today know about that link!
@Bernie – I’ll Check James out… Thanks for the tip!
As always thanks for all the comments… it’s great to have dialog – not just a monologue.

By: Bernie Mac

Bernie Mac — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:22:44 +0000

Excellent word “nearling”.
With reference to being an innovator James Brausch comes to mind. He’s developed some great products that are useful in building your Internet business. Read some of his posts at:
http://www.JamesBrausch.com

By: Gwyneth Dwyer

Gwyneth Dwyer — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:45:13 +0000

Paul,
Thanks for bringing “nearling” to our attention. Great word! The folks at NewShoes should submit it to the Open Dictionary at Merriam-Webster:
http://www3.merriam-webster.com/opendictionary/
The word captures the importance of the near miss, and it aligns nicely with the current belief that to innovate you must be ready to fail – quickly and repeatedly.

By: Paul Barsch

Paul Barsch — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:16:16 +0000

Paul, you speak to the virtues of patience and timing in this post. A long term approach and vision can help keep you on track. Take a look at Toyota. They, along with Honda essentially created the hybrid market ten years ago. Ten years ago, this market was definitely a nearling…