Expenses Entrepreneurs Underestimate or Forget
Starting a new venture still costs real money, even though the price of entry has come down dramatically in the last few decades. For example, I come from a software…
A Novel Idea
A Novel Metaphor A good business plan must be concise, compelling, and conversational while remaining professional. The best metaphor for a good business plan is a novel. You must grab…
Lessons from Foreign Entrepreneurs
We thought it would be interesting to check in with some former E-2 Treaty Investor visa and L-1 visa clients to see how they are doing now that they have…
Succeeding as an Immigrant Entrepreneur
You are about to make a big, life-changing decision. You are about to decide to move to another country and see how your business skills match up with local investors,…
Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life
Guy Kawasaki’s fifteenth book, Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life, recalls a lifetime of experiences had and lessons learned. Like most wisdom, some insights are self-evident, but only if you…
Marketing Lessons Learned from the Fyre Festival Fiasco
Netflix’s latest documentary is generating a ton of buzz around the Fyre Festival, a music event that was aggressively promoted but ultimately failed because of poor planning and empty promises.…
Our Strategic Planning Framework
Are you getting ready to develop a strategic plan for your business? Great. It can have a tremendous, positive impact on the success of your business and on the bottom…
Calling All Climate Change Entrepreneurs
We hear more and more about climate change and the many ways we are degrading our environment. As we know, problems beget entrepreneurial solutions. Yet, we still don’t see global…
LLC Operating Agreement Issues for Startups
Many startups elect to form as limited liability companies, often without detailed consideration of the many possible ramifications. One way of describing frequently-encountered problems by entrepreneurs who formed LLCs can…
Five Ways to Avoid Tax & Legal Trouble
A frequent concern I hear from aspiring entrepreneurs is: “I have invented a great product, and I want to set up a company so that I can avoid tax and…