A Good Mentor is NOT Your Friend (That’s OK)
Friends tell you what you want to hear. Mentors tell you what you need to hear. When the message is the same from both, you don’t need the mentor anymore.…
Friends tell you what you want to hear. Mentors tell you what you need to hear. When the message is the same from both, you don’t need the mentor anymore.…
People are always asking me for an inside tip on Internet sites that will be “the next big thing.” Those are hard since someone has to invent something innovative, but…
Within the startup realm, there is a big difference between having an innovative product versus an innovative business. Some startups have a new technology but stick to a tried-and-true business…
Success in a startup is not possible as a “one-man show.” An entrepreneur has to engage with team members, partners, investors, vendors, and customers. In my experience, the joy of…
I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once at not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. Who owns all of these…
If your first startup fails, you are in good company. Most startups fail; therefore, most entrepreneurs fail on at least one attempt. Investors agree that an entrepreneur who has never…
I realized a while back that creating a new company for the first time is a lot like whipping up a great dinner entree for the first time – you…
You are an aspiring entrepreneur, eager to dump the corporate grind and work to the beat of your own drum, but you can’t come up with that killer idea to…
After working with dozens of startup founders, I’m still amazed that some seem to be able to do the job easily and effectively, always in control, while others always seem…
The measure of an entrepreneur used to be the number of real friends claimed, but times have changed. Now the measure is how many hits one has on a Google…