By the early 1920’s General Motors realized that Ford, which was now selling theModel T for $290, had an Read More
How the iPhone got tail fins – Part 2 of 2
Business to Business Entrepreneurship Financing and fundraising from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Venture capital
Why VCs should be startup CEOs
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Read More
It was the most advanced consumer product of the century. The industry started with its innovators located in 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
Following the first of several beer giveaways (see what you’re missing?), Brian Sharples, the tall and tanned CEO 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 models/plans Business to Business Entrepreneurship from entrepreneurs Lessons and advice Venture capital
Why governments don’t get startups
Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur” and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. ——— I’m Read More
Here’s the Venture Shift panel “Money finds a way: How secondary markets have opened up new financing options.” 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
Over the weekend, I had bookshelves placed in one of the rooms in my house. As I put Read More
Here’s the video of Peter Thiel, founder of Clarium Capital and Founders Fund. Thiel, well known as the Read More
Here’s the video of the Venture Shift panel: “How angels and super angels/micro-cap VC funds are changing the Read More
The Four Steps to the Epiphany (Четыре Шага к Озарению) is now available in Russian. Thanks to Denis Dovgopoliy for Read More