John Doerr is a North American investor and billionaire according to Forbes magazine. He earned an MBA at Harvard in 1976. John Doerr is known for his bold investments in companies such as Compaq, Netscape, Symantec, Sun Microsystems, drugstore.com, Amazon.com, Intuit, Macromedia and Google, among others. He is currently on the board of several companies: Zynga, Google, Amyris Biotech, Bloom Energy, Coursera, Essence Healthcare, Flipboard, among others.
But what made John Doerr such a lucky investor? Luck??? Well, actually the correct word is not “Luck”, according to an article published in PME Estadão, John Doerr knows the profile of a successful entrepreneur. He developed a rationale for identifying entrepreneurs who lead businesses with high growth potential. For him, the more the entrepreneur seeks money, the further away from it. Mercenary entrepreneurs may even be successful in the short term, but they will have problems in the future, even if they are crises of conscience.
John Doerr invests in Missionary entrepreneurs.
For Doerr, if you are going to invest in companies, choose those led by missionary entrepreneurs, who want to take their passion to as many people as possible.
| Are you a mercenary entrepreneur or a missionary? | ||
| Mercenary | Missionary | |
| you are moved by | direction, focus | Passion |
| You are more | opportunistic | Strategic |
| It's more geared towards | Speech (pitch), business | The big idea, partnerships |
| believes a business is | Sprint, sprint | marathon long run |
| You are more | obsessed with competition | customer obsessed |
| People believe you are more | aristocratic, want to rule | Meritocratic, best idea wins |
| have more interest | financial statements | Mission, Values |
| People think you're one more | Wolf Pack Chief | Mentor, Team Instructor |
| Your main objective with the business is to | Retirement | Contribution to a better world |
| What do you want with your business? | Make money | have meaning |
| It's important for you to have | Success | Meaning |
| Source: DOERR, John. Mercenaries and Missionaries (2005). Available in http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1274 | ||
John Doerr's reflection is important so that you don't throw yourself off the bridge in the face of your company's difficulties.
The mercenary entrepreneur leads a pitiful little life. For the missionary, everything is worth it if life is not small.
What type of entrepreneur are you? Mercenary or Missionary? There is still time to review your concepts.
Good luck.
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