Ethics as an Entrepreneur – Draw the Line in the Sand Now
This is an extremely important point – throughout the course of building your company, you will be presented with many decisions, some of which will…
This is an extremely important point – throughout the course of building your company, you will be presented with many decisions, some of which will…
Talking about the late 90s Internet funding culture is probably a good segway into a discussion of why greed is most always trumped by passion…
Similar to the point on resourcefulness, it is important that you teach yourself and everyone in your organization, that it is all about profitability. If…
You as an entrepreneur must be resourceful; if you are not, your venture is highly unlikely to succeed – this is obvious. Not as obvious…
Per the oft-taught lesson about on the importance of your network, you should never miss an opportunity to have lunch with a potential or current…
You’ve no doubt heard this one before, but this particular lesson warrants emphasis and reemphasis (and more reemphasis) – persistence is perhaps the most important…
Here’s one that has always amused me to some extent. Rarely have I met an entrepreneur who was not obsessive about confidentiality. I understand the…
One thing executors like to do is get right the point – no fluff, no being polite for the sake of social expedience. It’s hard…
A smaller percent of something is better than 100% of nothing. This is an issue that comes up all the time. Entrepreneurs tend to be…
The liability of newness/smallness are terms my early mentor Mac (Ian MacMillan) uses, which I think very well describe the challenge that most startup and…