The following blog is based on a presentation given by Peter DiGiammarino, CEO of Intelliven, at the AgInvestor Lab hosted by Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation.
Peter DiGiammarino, Intelliven CEO, has more than 30 years of experience leading software product and professional services firms that target niche public and private markets in North America and around the world. In addition to running companies, he has served public, private, private-equity-owned, and venture-capital-backed technology and service firms as an adviser or board member and has consistently helped these firms achieve sustained growth and profitability, and he shared with us a few basic steps for entrepreneurs to establish successful initiatives.
Get Clear:
Know whose problem you solve, how, and how well.
Get aligned:
Decide what kind of leader to be and collect followers.
Plan change:
Decide what must change, why, and how.
Do and Review:
Continually review your efforts. The number one reason initiatives fail is a lack of management attention. What happened? How and why did it differ from our expectations? What do I need to do differently?
Get Help:
Build a board that can offer accountability and retain technical expertise to advise on technology development.
Grow:
Increase value, impact, and opportunity.
Focus:
Act intentionally, persist variously. Doing too many things lowers the odds of success for each of them.
Check out this video to hear directly from Peter about how to clarify and align your approach:
