Entrepreneur
2010 Year of Motion
Procrastination convinces you waiting until tomorrow is okay. Waiting until your self-doubt vanishes is okay. The underlining, hidden lie is that Self-doubt will always be evident. Procrastination will always be the voice of that little devil convincing you that one day fear of failure will be absent. One day a distant memory. But if one [...]
Columbus the Entrepreneur
Christopher Columbus a entrepreneur? I think so. Sometimes we need to see what isn’t there. Sometimes we see what no one sees and despite the verbal persecution we navigate forward. Solve Real-Life Problems. The entrepreneur spirit is one of innovation. Europe had long enjoyed a safe land passage to China and India— sources of valued [...]
The 10 Questions You Should Never Stop Asking
Wanted to share this Great article at Forbes by Marc Kramer What is our purpose for existing? A lot of businesses had a purpose when they started, but over time their product, service and market changed. The arts magazine was created to give the Philadelphia area its first publication that focused solely on the arts–theater, [...]
Entrepreneur and Leadership Lessons from Salesforce.com
Book: Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry Marc R. Benioff is the chairman and CEO of salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), which he cofounded in 1999. Under Benioff’s direction, salesforce.com has grown from a groundbreaking idea into a publicly traded company that is the market [...]
What Startups Are Really Like
Wanted to share the below article: (This essay is derived from a talk at the 2009 Startup School.) I wasn’t sure what to talk about at Startup School, so I decided to ask the founders of the startups we’d funded. What hadn’t I written about yet? I’m in the unusual position of being able to [...]
My Rules of Business
Don’t be comfortable being number 1 or even number 498 for that matter. Never think the newcomer is NOT a threat. Example: Blockbuster vs. Netflix. Character first, skills second. Hire great people with the right skills, character, who love what you do (are passionate about your business model). People are your number 1 asset-so hire [...]
Naming your product or business
When choosing that business and/or product name consider these: Must be short (example, IBM-there’s a reason no one knows IBM stands for International Business Machines Corporation) Must be easy to pronounce (example, StarBucks) Must be cute or catchy (example, StubHub) Must be unique (example, Google) Must be able to google it & NOT find many [...]
How To Patch A Sinking Ship by Forbes Mag
Your business is in trouble. Time to get to work. Wanted to share this great read from Forbes It’s such a hollow feeling, that moment you know–really know–that your young business is off course. I had it back in 1996, when I was trying to get a Web-marketing firm aimed at large companies off the [...]
Mint.com Business Plan: Entrepreneur Lessons
Slides from Mint.com Business Plan Mint.com is a free personal finance software to assist you to manage your money, financial planning, and budget planning tools. They were just acquired for $170m by Intuit. Phase 1: Garage The objective of the Garage phase is building a prototype & raising $100k. Additionally, raising seed money within 9-months. [...]
Secrets of the Self-Made: Lessons for Entrepreneurs
John Catsimatidis Net Worth: $1.65 billion Age: 61 Source of Wealth: Oil, real estate, supermarkets What’s the biggest business blunder you’ve ever made and what did you learn from it? Going into the airline business. A common joke in the industry is if you want to get to $10M, you start with $100M, and you’ll [...]
