One of the great things about being a retired entrepreneur is that I get to give back to the Read More
Open source entrepreneurship
Listening to my the family talk about dividing up the cooking chores for this Thanksgiving dinner, including who Read More
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Customer Development in Japan
The Japanese edition of The Startup Owner’s Manual hit the bookstores in Japan this week. The book has been shepherded Read More
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Entrepreneurs as dissidents
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square Read More
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10,000 Startups
Today we are announcing the biggest entrepreneurial program ever launched –Startup Weekend Next. A partnership of Startup Weekend, Startup America, TechStars and Udacity, Startup Weekend Next brings four Read More
I often get asked about finding cofounders and I usually give the standard list of characteristics of what Read More
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How to get a VC meeting
I often get asked, “how do I get a meeting with a VC?” Here is my slightly Read More
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Startup communities – building regional clusters
How to build regional entrepreneurial communities has just gotten it’s first “here’s how to do it” book. Brad Feld’s new Read More
Vator Splash SF is tonight. With about an hour before I head over to San Francisco to get Read More
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Why too many startups (er) suck
This is a guest post by my Startup Owner’s Manual co-author Bob Dorf. While statistics are weak on startup success rates, Read More
Marc Benioff, the CEO and founder of Salesforce.com has reasons to be fired up. As he took the Read More
We Sleep Peaceably In Our Beds At Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready To Do Violence On Read More
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The Lean LaunchPad Online
You may have read my previous posts about the Lean LaunchPad class taught atStanford, Berkeley, Columbia, Caltech and for the National Science Read More
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Vision versus hallucination
A founder’s skill is knowing how to recognize new patterns and to pivot on a dime. At times Read More
It’s not the crime that gets you, it’s the coverup.Richard Nixon and Watergate Getting asked by reporter about where Read More