The Art Of Start – the classical Guy Kawasaki work outline the five basic Entrepreneurial principals – Make meaning, Make Mantra, Get going , Define your business model and Weave a MAT (Milestones, Assumption and Tasks). That a very expressive list of getting going but above all i love his statement that Entrepreneurship is all about doing!

I have put that as my litmus test for picking up partners – if you want to do lets get going !! , What else should one look in a partner? Ofcourse few things which come to my mind are – complementary skill sets, tenacity ….

Interesting points – why this guy left Microsoft to join Redfin, why this guy left to join Ontela and why this guy loves startups and what reason this guy has for you to leave the Empire and try something different.

I would summarize a little and add that its not just about finding a new culture and also a new way of life! In the above links i liked the idea of creating a forcing function to move on!

Whats your take on the big empire?