How Entrepreneurs Can Improve Relationships
Just because you are an entrepreneur, or work in a startup, you can’t ignore the rules of building and maintaining relationships. Many despise these experiences in corporate environments and leave…
Business Basics Posts
10 Poor Reasons for Becoming an Entrepreneur
Every entrepreneur needs to be honest about their strengths and weaknesses, and realistic about their reasons for choosing the startup route. For any entrepreneur, even the best business opportunities, if…
The Twisted Path to Success
It would be no fun if starting a business was simply plotting a straight line between your idea and success, with no challenges along the way. Zigging and zagging amongst…
“The Old Fashioned Way” No Longer Works
It’s time for more entrepreneurs to reset their focus, and shift their thinking to completely different ways of doing things. Everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of business plans…
How To Think Big and Act Bold
What sparks paradigm-shifting innovation in any business? It’s a special mix of entrepreneur and company, regular in every respect except for having the courage and foresight to make an idea…
Will Your Startup Beat the Hype Cycle?
The Hype Cycle was a concept put forward by Gartner, Inc. back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. As I was reading about it recently,…
Questions to Ask Yourself Before Seeking Investors
The first question most people seem to ask when contemplating a new startup is where they will get the money. That’s certainly a valid question, but all the money in…
Successful Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Secrets
We can all dream about what it takes to make our startup a success. From recent survey feedback, it seems evident that the urban legends leading to success are wrong…
Most Startups Don’t Need Investors
There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing, their…
Leadership: It’s Not About Me, It’s About You
Many entrepreneurs forget that their success is more about helping other people than about personally becoming famous, or overcoming the odds and getting rich. A successful business has to satisfy…