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Val Sklarov — Entrepreneurship: Risk Containment Before Opportunity

Opportunities are infinite. Survival is not.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective reframes entrepreneurship as the discipline of preventing failure before chasing upside, where boundaries matter more than ideas. 1. Opportunity Is Not a Strategy Seeing opportunity does not reduce risk. Val Sklarov distinguishes: Opportunity recognition: seeing upside Risk containment: preventing ruin Entrepreneurs …

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Val Sklarov — Entrepreneurship: Constraint Before Creativity

Creativity attracts attention. Constraint keeps companies alive.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats startups not as creativity engines, but as constraint-navigation systems where founders win by respecting limits before testing imagination. 1. Creativity Without Constraint Produces Fragility Ideas multiply easily. Viable businesses do not. Val Sklarov identifies early failure patterns when: Ideas …

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