The Focussed 4-Step Success Formula – Part 1: Find Your Hedgehog Concept

by Gideon Shalwick on September 2, 2009 · 9 comments

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1 Tyrone Shum September 2, 2009 at 10:23 pm

Hey Gideon,

I like how you present your videos in small bite sized chunks to convey a simple and clear message across.

In regards to what I learned:
My strengths are:
1. Ability to communicate via video or audio
2. Creating and organising ideas
3. Building relationships with people

Keep up the great videos and keep them coming!

Thanks for sharing.

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2 Juho Tunkelo September 2, 2009 at 10:59 pm

Good stuff man.

After you mentioned the Hedgehog Concept to me last week I think (again – sometimes I’m a little thick-headed), I finally went and created mine. I tried it before but ended up running in circles.

This time I think I nailed it, the result will become evident soon in the form of a web site. I’m sure it will be no surprise to you. ;)

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3 Joel September 3, 2009 at 12:31 am

Great video, made a lot of sense and puts into word/audio/video loose concepts that I was aware of. Excellent work.

Disappointed you missed some opportunity for some puns though – a “prickly subject” or “spikes in traffic”…. Hmm, perhaps I need some sleep!

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4 admin September 3, 2009 at 3:24 am

lol!

Yeah I should have thought about that – darn – missed opportunity!

Oh well – next time ;)

Gideon

PS: Thanks for stopping by…

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5 Leslie, The Freebie Guy September 6, 2009 at 9:23 am

Great, short and straight to the point. It’s really easy to think that if you can just do everything, you can make a little bit of money from a bunch of things and that will add up to a bunch of money.

Since I’ve started to focus in on one thing at a time, that has tremendously increased my success. Looking forward to the other videos in the series.

ps. I see you are really loving Screenr as you mentioned in the teleconference :)

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6 Gideon Shalwick September 6, 2009 at 7:44 pm

Yeah screenr.com ROCKS!

Instead it taking my 2-3 hrs per 5 minute video, it now takes me 10-15 minutes!

Nice time saver!

Gideon

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7 Michelle September 9, 2009 at 7:22 am

Hi Gideon,
I love this concept, thank you for reducing it into a nutshell! One day I’ll read the book but at the moment my time is stretched so a summary like this is very very helpful. Thank you.

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8 Gideon Shalwick September 9, 2009 at 7:26 am

Hey Michelle

Good To Great is an excellent book and I recommend it wholeheartedly.

But yeah, sometimes it’s nice to have just quick summaries of the essence of a book.

Also make sure you check part 3 of this series – the video on the Beach Head Strategy – from another amazing book called Crossing The Chasm by Geoffrey Moore – an absolute classic!

Talk soon!

Gideon

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