{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"crowdspring Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog","author_name":"Ross Kimbarovsky","author_url":"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/author\/ross\/","title":"The Entrepreneur's Guide To Surviving The Startup Zombie Apocalypse - crowdspring Blog","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"l2jxYxdLsN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/the-entrepreneurs-guide-to-surviving-the-startup-zombie-apocalypse\/\">The Entrepreneur&#8217;s Guide To Surviving The Startup Zombie Apocalypse<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crowdspring.com\/blog\/the-entrepreneurs-guide-to-surviving-the-startup-zombie-apocalypse\/embed\/#?secret=l2jxYxdLsN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Entrepreneur&#8217;s Guide To Surviving The Startup Zombie Apocalypse&#8221; &#8212; crowdspring Blog\" data-secret=\"l2jxYxdLsN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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What can entrepreneurs learn from a television show that features mindless, reanimated corpses with an insatiable hunger for human flesh? Surprisingly, there is much to learn. Here are ten fundamental lessons entrepreneurs can learn from the zombie apocalypse: 1. Indecision and inaction is paralyzing and leads to failure. Throughout the first two seasons of the series, the group&#8217;s leader, Rick Grimes, is, at times, indecisive. His decision paralysis eventually costs many lives and threatens his group&#8217;s survival. Indecision can be fatal to startups. In fact, indecision and inaction can harm a company far more than making the wrong decision. This is true for leaders and is also true for every member of your team. At crowdSPRING, we don&#8217;t hire people for any position unless we believe they are comfortable and capable to make decisions on their own. Encourage people to start with small steps and small decisions, and build from there. The first step, no matter how small, is crucial to success. Indecisiveness can impact even the largest companies. Microsoft sat on the fence and missed the shift to mobile computing. It now is paying dearly for that indecisiveness through it&#8217;s inability to gain a strong foothold in the mobile space. Polaroid and Eastman Kodak debated the merits of digital camera technology and while they debated, the technology buried them. The most relevant current example is Blackberry, which did nothing while its core market was swallowed by Apple and Google. Today, Blackberry is no less a zombie than the reanimated corpses in the TV show. 2. Celebrate small wins. In one of the episodes of the Walking Dead, a small group of people finds an abandoned prison after numerous deadly encounters with zombies. The group&#8217;s leader wants everyone to conserve their energy to focus on finding food and ammunition the next day, but his wife compellingly argues that the group should enjoy their small victory because it would motivate them for the challenges yet to come. That was good advice. It&#8217;s very important to stay focused, but many entrepreneurs forget that it&#8217;s also extremely important for startup teams to celebrate incremental success. Incremental success builds on itself and encourages people to work hard to achieve the next milestone. 3. Focus. If you&#8217;ve watched any movie of show about zombies, you know that zombies are commonly shown mindlessly wandering until they find human flesh, and at that point, reaching and eating that flesh becomes their sole and absolute focus. Many entrepreneurs suffer from a similar problem. Many entrepreneurs sleepwalk through their ideas without passion or focus, waiting for months and sometimes years to get started. Focus will be the difference between success and failure. Find an idea that drives your passion, and get started! Incidentally, if you have trouble maintaining your focus, consider using checklists &#8211; they work remarkably well. 4. Simple solutions can solve difficult problems. In the show, people often encounter large.."}