Most entrepreneurs seem to just make this stuff up for a pitch deck or to please stakeholders, but the validated learning that we gained through these interviews and other methods of business model experimentation is not something that can be easily replicated.
Good market and/or thought leadership recognition pleases stakeholders like customers, investors, partners and employees.
Most vision statements can virtually nag you with their length and their assortment of adjectives, an outcome of pleasing multiple stakeholders.
The temptation is to pursue many small initiatives, pleasing multiple stakeholders and not taking big chances.
When you put your employees first, they will, in turn, go the extra mile for your customers and partners, ultimately pleasing your stakeholders, too.
Mr. Deripaska, who grows exasperated by questions about transparency, says he is in the business to make money, not to please minority stakeholders.
That approach pleases some stakeholders, but it may put the focus on issues far removed from the company's core mission.
That approach may please some stakeholders, but it may put the focus on issues far removed from the company's core mission.
After choosing a design that pleased more stakeholders than it displeased, the city also had to convince the surrounding communities that an icon of LA's past should make way for a bridge that represents its future.
In fact, to please some stakeholders, you need to resist others; that might make you seem difficult to narrow-minded stakeholders that don't like your position on a matter, but it absolutely makes you a better leader over time.
