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The $100 MBA Show

MBA2289 Guest Teacher – Derek Lidow – How to Become a Master Innovator by Copying Others

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

It’s never the best idea that wins. It’s the best execution. In the history of business, the most successful entrepreneurs were the ones who adapted existing ideas better than anyone else (including whoever had the idea first).

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey-oh, welcome to the $100 MBA show because successful entrepreneurs and never do it alone.

0:14.5

That's why we deliver daily 10-minute business lessons for the real world.

0:18.3

I'm your host, your coach, your teacher, Omar Zin Home.

0:21.2

I'm also the co-founder of Webinar Ninja,

0:23.0

an independent software company I started with my co-founder back in 2014.

0:26.6

And today's episode is a guest teacher episode with Derek Lidow.

0:30.6

And he'll be teaching you how to become a master innovator by copying others.

0:35.8

Yep, you heard that right.

0:36.9

And I wanted to bring on Derek on today's show

0:39.5

because he has a very unique career. He was the CEO of a publicly traded company, as well as

0:45.2

the CEO and founder of a very valuable and innovative startup. He's also a professor and scholar

0:51.4

of entrepreneurship teaching at Princeton University.

0:55.0

So he's got this great combination of real-world experiences and is also a great teacher, as you'll see in his guest teacher lesson.

1:03.0

He's going to give you real-world examples of how you can be a master innovator by looking at what others have done before you.

1:10.0

So let's get into it.

1:11.5

Let's get down to business.

1:14.6

Today's Get Seacher's episode from Derek Lidow is a special one.

1:18.3

If you're looking to come up with innovative ideas for your business, your products, your

1:22.0

services, even your marketing, then Derek's going to show you how to be innovative by copying

1:26.7

others and putting your

1:28.3

own spin on it, your own flavor, your own brand.

1:31.6

I'm going to pass it to Derek now, but I'll be back to wrap up today's episode and give my

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