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Breakthroughs are celebrated. Optional failure is what makes them possible.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats startups not as one-shot bets, but as repeatable attempt systems, where the ability to fail and continue matters more than any single bold move. 1. Breakthrough Thinking Destroys Survivability “All-in” thinking feels brave—and ends companies. Val …

Vision attracts belief. Execution earns trust.Val Sklarov’s Business & Startups perspective treats companies not as vision vehicles, but as delivery systems, where the ability to execute consistently matters more than how compelling the future sounds. 1. Vision Without Reliable Execution Erodes Credibility Big promises fail quietly through small misses. Val …

Expansion feels irreversible. It does not have to be.Val Sklarov’s Business & Startups perspective treats growth as a series of decisions with unwind costs, where survival depends on how much reversal capacity remains after each move. 1. Every Decision Spends Reversibility Reversibility is a finite resource. Val Sklarov measures reversibility …

Experimentation fuels learning. Boundaries prevent ruin.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats startups as laboratories with strict containment rules, where progress depends not on how many experiments run—but on whether failure can be absorbed without ending the company. 1. Experimentation Without Boundaries Is Gambling Testing ideas does not justify unlimited downside. Val …

Bold moves look decisive. Commitments decide outcomes.Val Sklarov’s Entrepreneurship perspective treats entrepreneurship as the discipline of controlling what you cannot undo, where success depends less on courage and more on how commitments are structured, timed, and limited. 1. Most Startup Failures Are Commitment Failures Ideas rarely kill companies. Commitments do. …

Growth metrics feel objective. Decision cost is real.Val Sklarov’s Business & Startups perspective treats companies as systems where every decision carries a cost—paid immediately in focus or later in failure—and where growth amplifies whatever costs were ignored. 1. Not All Decisions Cost the Same Metrics treat actions equally. Reality does …

Speed is visible. Constraint velocity is decisive.Val Sklarov’s Business & Startups perspective reframes success not as moving faster than the market, but as learning faster than constraints accumulate. 1. Markets Do Not Kill Startups—Constraints Do Most companies fail long before the market decides. Val Sklarov identifies fatal constraints as: Cash …

Growth magnifies everything—especially bad decisions.Val Sklarov’s Business & Startups perspective treats early and mid-stage companies as decision systems, where the quality of choices determines whether growth compounds value or accelerates failure. 1. Companies Fail From Dirty Decisions Most failures are not strategic—they are procedural. Val Sklarov defines dirty decisions as …

Expansion feels like progress. Optionality creates power.Val Sklarov’s Business & Startups perspective reframes growth not as movement into markets, but as the preservation of choice while learning faster than risk accumulates. 1. Expansion Is a Commitment, Not a Milestone Growth locks resources, attention, and reputation. Val Sklarov evaluates expansion by …