Entrepreneurs Need Business Leadership AND Thought Leadership
By definition, most entrepreneurs are thought leaders. They have the ability to recognize a market need, the skills to design and implement a solution, and the drive to start a…
10 Tips for Landing an Angel Investor
Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. Yet according to the latest data from Gust (formerly AngelSoft), only about 3 out of 100 companies…
How to Make Remote Teams Work for Your Startup
Almost every startup is a virtual team these days, since most don’t start out with dedicated office space, and some or all members of the team work part-time or out…
Nurture the Right Habits to be the Best Entrepreneur
Most of the entrepreneurs I know realize they have some bad habits, like maybe procrastination or not listening well, so they focus on dropping these. New studies indicate that a…
Innovation Starts With Ideas and Ends With Execution
Most people think innovation is all about ideas, when in fact it is more about delivery, people, and process. Entrepreneurs looking to innovate need to understand the execution challenge if…
How to Find the Entrepreneurial ‘X-Factor’
To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. Some people have that something extra, like what Simon Cowell is searching for…
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…
The Challenges of Celebrity Endorsements
Most startups dream of attracting a celebrity endorsement and assume that it will take their startup to the stars. There have been some “famous” recent successes in this regard, such…
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…