Navigate To The Lighthouse

Execute a lighthouse deal to catapult your startup over the chasm of early adopters and into the land of new opportunities with trillion-dollar companies. Navigate to the Lighthouse explains how to do that, using strategic business development as a competitive advantage.When you approach the chasm and look at lighthouses shining on potential trajectory-changing deals, two questions likely cross your mind: Should I invest the time and resources to pursue what seem like impossible deals? If so, what’s the path to get there—strategically and tactically? Kurt Davis has the answers. He’s gone through the journey, and now he wants to share his hard-earned knowledge with you. He breaks the process down into three parts: Chart Your Course, Galvanize Your Crew and Maneuver Strategically, and Land the Deal and Expand. Master these and you’ll be on your way to landing the lighthouses and building an enduring business through business development deals.Don’t take just his word for it. Navigate to the Lighthouse includes contributions from more than twenty, past and current, tech investors and executives from Apple, PayPal, Microsoft, Sony, DocuSign, Adyen, Bill.com, Google, Boku, Uber, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Ventures, Index Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and more. Simply put, this is the entrepreneur's book of business development.