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Tuning
This book is really about getting to your first day in business.
It is about taking that raw idea you have for a program and creating a
saleable product. And setting up the support systems you need to make your
business hum.
8 Chapter 1 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
If you’re going to do this thing, you have to be ready for some tough days.
But nothing worthwhile ever comes easy. Sometimes what it really takes is stupid,
blind obstinacy—the drive to keep going, stubbornly solving one problem
at a time until you get the brass ring.
Once I had a partner who had one of those ghastly motivational posters
hung in our office. You know, the kind that promotes leadership and teamwork
and quality through the use of tired old clichés and kitschy art. This one was
no exception. And yet its corny McCuen-esque message stuck in my mind and
has provided a handy boost to me many times over the years. It was a picture
of a three-masted sailing ship threading its way between rocky outcropping
and small islands. And the message: