Having read an interesting blog from a failed entrepreneur who clearly believes that he should have known better it got me thinking about what he was really missing. And I think it was context. He talks about lacking domain expertise and making certain key decisions that later proved flawed.

What I believe he needed was a contextual framework. Context to allow him to build the right business model, in the right way, at the right time with both hindsight and deja vu – but before the fact. You know, the vision thing. He also lacked a business-build process or system and it looks like he should have had more people around him with right fit contextual skills and experiences. I.e. having both relevant and parallel experiences. A lesson none of us should forget.

Perhaps things might have been different had he known about Innovate?