An Entrepreneur Three Core Values
May 21st, 2009 by jeremychone | 7 Comments »So, here we go again; I am starting my second venture. The first one, Sportner, did not work as expected and, thanks to some discipline, I managed to fail fast. Learning from this great experience, I am co-starting a new one, www.ijuris.com. I will talk more about what IntelliJuris actually does later, but for today, I wanted to reiterate my core values going into this venture.
As well explained in the “Built to Last” book, core values can be a critical factor in the success or failure of an organization. Having been a player in this industry for more than 10 years now, I also strongly believe that core values need to be openly defined and shared, and we need to remind ourselves of them. They often tend to be relegated to the shadowy depths of the hiring binder or put on corporate accessories.
“Build to Last” also has a nice equation defining the relationship between Core Values and Core Ideology:
Core Ideology = Core Values + Purpose
I truely like this formula, and today, I will define and share our core values. They are only three of them: