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The Secret Energy of Entrepreneurs
Will she have “it”? I disagree with those who believe that people can be trained to be entrepreneurs. Scores of scholarly pieces have been written that claim that entrepreneurs are not born, but...
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VentureTips: In Defense of the Downtrodden Business Plan
The business plan is a mirror into the entrepreneurial soul. The recent consensus from investors and experts on business plans is…don’t do them. Most often I’m hearing that founders have not written a...
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The Four Seasons of Your Start-Up…Summertime
Ah, summer. Margaritas by the pool. A little Kenny Chesney on the patio. Wearing flip flops to BJ’s (wait, that’s a different post!) But this is not life during summer inside a start-up company....
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The Four Seasons of Your Start-Up…Winter
If you’ve been reading along in this 4-part series of the evolution of your start-up, you may be expecting that Winter is the end of the line. You may be thinking that somehow I’m going to wrap up the...
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How Much Money Should I Raise…$29,542?
Hilarious scene…serious question. Hopefully, you remember the classic TV show Taxi and its despicably lovable character, Louie DePalma. In one memorable episode, the unforgettable Jim Ignatowski...
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Venture Tips Update….Make Your Business About Your Customers, Not Your...
It’s your customers! I originally published the majority of this post back in January, 2012, but I was reminded of the issue again today…twice. So I updated the post on why you should think of your...
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Assessing Your Competitive Landscape…It’s a Forest Out There
It’s easier to find the path when you see the whole forest. I’m finally going to get a business plan pet peeve off my chest and onto your shoulders. I’ve decided that I’ve read my last business plan...
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The Four Seasons of Your Start-Up…Autumn Begins! (reprise)
The inner dynamics of a start up…like time through the year. (Originally posted in 2012…thought of it as I picked my last tomato of the season yesterday!) The temperature outside my window last night...
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Build Your Companies…With Good Boards
Each board is different…choose carefully and use correctly Most of the new founders I’ve ever met roll their eyes when I suggest that they form an advisory board. One of the main reasons people found...
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If a PowerPoint Sucks…It’s The Messenger, not the Medium
Good example of a bad powerpoint slide…but if you MUST use something like it, at least reveal it in pieces, over the course of multiple slides instead of all at once. Many have wished for and striven...
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