Entrepreneurial Traits and Cricketers: Focus

One of the traits mentioned in the first post in these series was focus.

Problem with focus is it can get too narrow. That leads to tunnel vision. Or it can be too broad to the extent that everything is in focus - something like a wide angle lens

Let me give an analogy. Search and Track are two operating modes of radar systems mounted on modern fighter aircraft. The radar is capable of switching between both modes at a high frequency. Given the rate at which the scenario changes the effect is of simultaneous search and track. For tracking a target, preparatory to firing its weapons, the weapons system uses a narrow focused beam. For being aware of other aircraft in its vicinity - friendly or hostile - it uses the search mode which is much broader, far less focused, beam.

An entrepreneur needs both a narrow tracking beam to lock on and track her target and a broad scanning beam to tell her of likely threats, and collateral opportunities.

How broad is broad? How narrow is narrow? Depends on the market dynamics. That's what makes entrepreneurship fun!