Becoming an “Expert” Entrepreneur
This is the third in a series of articles where we take a look at how entrepreneurs grow and adapt from early mistakes to big …
Entrepreneurship Archive
Entrepreneurship’s Foolish Beginnings
Entrepreneurship is a very specific collection of skills that are earned through the process of making mistakes, getting knocked down, and getting up again. When …
Who Cares About Your Startup? Right Now, It’s Only You Baby
(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) It can be a lonely world out there. During the first days and weeks when you are just starting …
SXSW – An Antidote For Non-Silicon Valley Startups
Startup businesses come with challenges. Just as plants need fresh water, soil, and sun, startups too have their full list of requirements: They need founders …
San Francisco vs. Austin
I just spent a week in San Francisco California. I love the place. The climate is near perfect. There is abundant opportunity, especially if you …
Success: One Step at a Time
The key to success in business is often the little stuff. In my experience, it is most often the result of doing a lot of …
To Tweet or Not to Tweet?
My current (tentative) hypothesis about Twitter is that it is a worthwhile engagement given the following conditions: 1) You are a member of a ‘niche’ …
For Entrepreneurs, “Why” Always Comes Before “What”
Let’s build a FaceBook application” “We need an iPhone App.” “We are hiring a new intern to manage our Twitter feed.” Do these declarative statements …
10 Seconds and Your Business is Gone
Would you keep live hand grenades in your desk drawer? Not unless you are Blackwater Intenational. That being the case, why do so many companies …
When a name works in one country, it may not work in another . . .
My friend Sterling aptly pointed out that this product from China may have some unintended connotations in the United States. In case you don’t see …
