With so much doom and gloom in the press these days, it’s great to have a fun story Read More
And The Winner Is…….
It was the most advanced consumer product of the century. The industry started with its innovators located in Read More
Aerospace Biotech/Life Sciences Business basics Business models/plans Business to Business Business to Consumer Education Electronics/Appliances from entrepreneurs Health and Medical Internet Search Internet Social Media Lessons and advice Lifestyle and Travel Mobile services Social media Social media Software Telecommunications/Wireless
And the Answer Is: ‘I Don’t Know’
Most entrepreneurs are confident risk-takers who are good at using their instincts and experience to figure things out Read More
Board of directors Building revenue Business basics Business models/plans Business to Consumer Competition Customer demand Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice Local Managing a business Market testing Measurement/analysis Online marketing Retention SEM (search engine marketing) SEO (search engine optimization) Social media Social media Success factors Team building
A Mixed Bag of News for Small Business
Network Solutions and the Center for Excellence at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business just recently Read More
Building revenue Business basics Business models/plans Character Competition Customer demand Distribution/Channel partnerships Diversity Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financing and fundraising Freemium from entrepreneurs Internet Video Lessons and advice Making decisions Market conditions Market sizing Market testing Marketing Metrics Online marketing Origin of idea Perseverance Social media Survival tips Team building User experience Venture capital Vision
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
Angel investing Customer Service Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Web 2.0 Lessons and advice Managing a business Marketing Venture capital
Assistly’s fundraising lessons before its $50M sale
Hearing VC fundraising experiences from successful companies is always helpful for entrepreneurs still slogging away for investment after Read More
Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Venture capital
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
Business basics Business models/plans Business to Business Character Education Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice Perseverance Venture capital Vision
The Helsinki Spring
I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup Read More
Business basics Character Competition Customer Service Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financial and Legal from entrepreneurs How to build a product Lessons and advice Making decisions Managing a business Product development Success factors Vision
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
This past summer I saw a post on the Life in Perpetual Beta site where Aliza Sherman, long time woman Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs How to build a product Launching a business Lessons and advice Minimum viable product Web design
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
Business basics Business to Business Character Education Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice
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
Business basics Character Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs Internet Web 2.0 Leadership Lessons and advice Making decisions User experience
Be responsible for your career
After a reading a great article on the Harvard Business Review, I was inspired to write a blog post Read More
Business basics Character Competition Diversity Entertainment and Digital Media Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs How to build a product Internet Social Media Launching a business Lean startup Lessons and advice Making decisions Managing a business Market testing Origin of idea Perseverance Product development Social media Success factors Survival tips Team building User experience Vision
Entrepreneur Tips: Yonatan Maor, Shaker
Yonatan Maor is the CEO and Co-Founder of Shaker, whose Facebook app for interacting and meeting in virtual Read More
I’ve been asked a number of times for advice about how to approach acquisitions from friends and entrepreneurs Read More