Startups Can Create Their Own Luck
If you have had some success in a business, I’m sure you bristle just like I do when someone says “You were just lucky…” I’m a strong believer that we…
Leadership Posts
The Five-Minute Mentor
I’ve always wondered why every executive meeting has to be one hour in length or longer. That’s probably a tenth of your day spent on one issue. It better be…
Cognitive Bias Can Kill Startups
I’m sure we have all seen entrepreneurs with high levels of passion and confidence touting an idea that seems to make very little sense to us. Of course, we never…
How to Inspire Inspired Leadership
I’ve often said that creating and building a business is not a one-man show, even though it usually springs from the mind and determination of one person – committees don’t…
Building the Co-Founding Startup Team
If you are a first-time entrepreneur, I often recommend that you team with a co-founder with experiences, connections, and a skill set that complements but doesn’t duplicate yours. Even experienced…
Crash Course in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Starting and building a company is all about leadership – formulating an idea, building a unique plan based on vision and experience, and forging a path over and through all…
Good Ethics is Good Business
Did you ever wonder how a new entrepreneur knows how to “do the right thing” for his business? Most experts believe that the essence of doing the right thing is…
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…
Spot Dysfunction at the Top
Founders almost always cite lack of money as the reason for failure, but if you look deeper, I believe the reason is more often about dysfunctional people and leadership. Sometimes…
Are Women the New Men?
It looks like women have caught up with men in numbers in the workplace. For the first time in history, women in the USA now outnumber men in the workforce,…