Effectual Entrepreneurship, Third Edition

           

          Practically Speaking

          The Magic of Control at the Circus

          How do you take a circus into the uncertainty of a world tour? By mastering control - and the show itself.

          Entrepreneur: Guy Laliberté

          Entity: Cirque du Soleil

          Country: Canada

          Pages 123-124 in

          Chapter 8 Managing Uncertainty Through Control

          "What does someone who, as a street performer, ate fire and walked on stilts and later took up professional poker and spent more than ten days in space, know about uncertainty and control? His entrepreneurial success indicates that he is very good at managing uncertainty through control.
          We're talking about Guy Laliberté, co-founder (with Gilles Ste-Croix) of the Canadian Cirque du Soleil, which has adoring fans around the world.


          Control Through Tunes
          Laliberté started developing a sense of the power of control at an early age. As a seven-year-old
          Guy Laliberté was exposed to a whole new world of people from diverse backgrounds at the World Exposition 1967 in Montreal and wanted to learn more and travel the world. He recounts this in an interview in 2012 (IMD):"

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