Effective communication is an absolute requirement for successfully starting a business, but it doesn’t come naturally to many entrepreneurs. Communication is considered a social skill, and inventors and engineers, for…
If your startup is looking for an angel investor, does it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down…
Blogging has come a long way in the past few years, from a social release for narcissists to today’s required vehicle for promoting your consulting business and gaining valuable online…
I don’t have an MBA. I used to fear that this would put me at a disadvantage in starting my own company, but now I’m convinced that it may be…
Potential startup founders are always looking for ideas to implement when, instead, they should be looking for problems to solve. Customers pay for solutions, but there is no market for…
A term I hear more and more these days is “social entrepreneur.” In the simplest of terms, these are people who seek to generate “social value”, rather than profits, and…
As an entrepreneur, you should assume none of your customers are like you. In reality, most entrepreneurs assume just the opposite. Customers don’t have your technical knowledge, your passion, and…
In a second, with Google, I can find a phone number that was assigned to you ten years ago, but it takes me an hour to find your phone number…
The best survival guides tell you how to be proactive and avoid the probabilities of ending up in a worst case scenario. Of course you need to learn how to…
Entrepreneurship is not a job for the Lone Ranger. Every startup requires building and maintaining effective relationships with people, including partners, team members, customers, and investors. That means giving and…
