Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make Read More
You’ll Be Dead Soon – Carpe Diem
(This is part of a continuing series on what it looks like inside an accelerator). Greenstart is an 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 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 models/plans Business to Business Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice
It’s not how big it is; It’s how well it performs
What makes startups succeed or fail? More than 90% of startups fail, due primarily to self-destruction rather than Read More
Business to Business Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice Managing a business
Hiring – easy as pie
Over the last few weeks I’ve gotten involved in hiring for two startups, a public agency and a Read More
The Four Steps to the Epiphany (Четыре Шага к Озарению) is now available in Russian. Thanks to Denis Dovgopoliy for Read More
Business models/plans Business to Business Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Making decisions Perseverance Survival tips Vision
There’s always a plan B
Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth. Mike Tyson One of the key distinctions Read More
Business basics Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Venture capital
Eureka!
Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. It wasn’t pure research, Read More
Angel investing Board of directors Business basics Business models/plans Business to Business Education Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice Managing a business Venture capital
Reinventing the board meeting – Part 2 of 2
There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come Victor Hugo When The Boardroom is Read More
In April 2010 I received an email that said, “I’m an incoming Stanford student in the fall and Read More
Business basics Business models/plans Business to Business Business to Consumer Education Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs How to build a product Lean startup Lessons and advice Making decisions Pivot
The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford – Class 5
The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is Read More
The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is Read More
Some men see things as they are and ask why.Others dream things that never were and ask why Read More