Startups Can Do PR Without an Agency
As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security,…
Business Basics Posts
Keep It Real to Achieve Startup Success
Every entrepreneur wants to know how they can improve their odds on the road to success, and why some entrepreneurs seem to be able to squeeze success out of even…
Reap Rewards with the Right Advisory Board
Every startup faces a myriad of challenges that are well beyond the scope of any founder, so you need a few guiding lights to illuminate the road ahead. These should…
Dance With the Devil: Partnering with Competitors
Companies today are paranoid, afraid that even their friends will steal their business. Yet a creative collaboration with your biggest competitor may be the best opportunity for revenue and survival…
Emerging Startup Trends and Terminology
If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. Don’t be embarrassed, since even…
Build Trust Through Genuine Communication
Effective communication is an absolute requirement for successfully starting a business, but it doesn’t come naturally to many entrepreneurs. Communication is considered a social skill, and inventors and engineers, for…
You Don’t Need an MBA for Startup Success
I don’t have an MBA. I used to fear that this would put me at a disadvantage in starting my own company, but now I’m convinced that it may be…
The Biggest Startup Opportunities Solve Big Problems
Potential startup founders are always looking for ideas to implement when, instead, they should be looking for problems to solve. Customers pay for solutions, but there is no market for…
What Social Entrepreneurship Is Not
A term I hear more and more these days is “social entrepreneur.” In the simplest of terms, these are people who seek to generate “social value”, rather than profits, and…
The Business Card is an Endangered Species
In a second, with Google, I can find a phone number that was assigned to you ten years ago, but it takes me an hour to find your phone number…