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…
What’s Your Sustainable Competitive Advantage?
One of the toughest and yet most important questions you will be asked by savvy potential startup investors is “What is your sustainable competitive advantage?” Yet many entrepreneurs, maybe in…
What Government Can Do to Spur Innovation
The innovation engine that powered the U.S. economy over the last century seems to be slowing down and dying, threatening not only local opportunities but economies all over the world…
Ten Tips for Effective Team Collaboration
It takes a great entrepreneur with a great vision to start a business, but it takes a collaboration of many people to make it a success. That’s where leadership comes…
Develop a Winning 10-Slide Pitch Deck
As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe…
10 Questions On the Road to Entrepreneurship
Deciding to be an entrepreneur is a lifestyle move, and should be part of a long-term personal strategic plan. You shouldn’t be making this decision just because you are mad…
Reframe Excuses and Embrace Accountability
The fun part of being an entrepreneur is that you get to “be your own boss” and “do things your way.” But sometimes entrepreneurs forget that this kind of freedom…
10 Business Essentials You Don’t Learn in College
I’m sure that every one of us who have been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college…
Be a Rock Star on Your Startup Team
Everyone knows that that startups are risky, but they also expect that the job will be exciting and potentially very lucrative (think early employees at Microsoft and Google). Yet we…
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…