Network Solutions and the Center for Excellence at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business just recently Read More
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Are You Cut Out to Be a Franchisee?
For many Americans, owning a small business is a life-long dream. However, building a business from the ground Read More
I had a passionate conversation with my cousin over this idea of “Internet Marketing”. He asked as many Read More
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This week in Greenstart – Week 3
Greenstart is a cleantech accelerator program providing a fast runway to success for entrepreneurs addressing the energy challenge. Greenstart provides Read More
Do you recall the classic statement, “the only constant is change”? It is an ever-present phenomenon, and by Read More
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Nokia as ‘He Who Must Not Be Named’
I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. (Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team Read More
“To go from that legal type of setting to the basketball court in one day requires amazing concentration,” Read More
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The Helsinki Spring
I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup Read More
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Bill Harris’ lessons learned from Intuit and PayPal
In this interview, Personal Capital CEO Bill Harris outlines what he learned from running Intuit and PayPal and Read More
In English idiom, “2 left feet” refers to an inept dancer and generally, a clumsy person. Putting this Read More
What did Napoleon Hill say? “Whatever the mind of Man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” A Read More
This past summer I saw a post on the Life in Perpetual Beta site where Aliza Sherman, long time woman Read More
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How to build a Web startup
As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in Read More
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The pay-it-forward culture
Foreign visitors to Silicon Valley continually mention how willing we are to help, network and connect strangers. We Read More
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Today’s Entrepreneur: Cory Jones
Today’s entrepreneur is Cory Jones, CEO of DINKlife, the first and only online media and lifestyle brand/community for Read More