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We Invite the Fire Drills


The scene that comes to mind is from Kindergarten Cop. The fire alarm goes off, and John Kimble (Arnold Schwarzenegger) attempts to shepherd the kindergartners out of his classroom. In doing so, complete bedlam erupts.

Why is it that entrepreneurship and chaos appear to be synonymous? Does it have to be that way? I don’t think it does. We invite our fire drills due to a lack of structure and rigor. I get it. For many of us, it was our opposition to structure and rigor that brought us to entrepreneurship.

However, the chaos we face day in and day out is a signal that we’ve let the pendulum swing too far in the other direction. We don’t have to give up the freedom in trade for the drudgery of rigidity. There can be a balance.

I write this article as we embark on an ...

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