Entrepreneurship
All things related to entrepreneurship and how to be an entrepreneur
How to Divide up Founders Equity
See if this sounds familiar: A couple buddies come up with this super cool idea to completely dominate the SaaS market for tools that help companies save billions by monetizing their social media reach . These buddies know the technology, have the contacts and VC’s want to pour money into this “change the world”... »
Topic #15: Research And Development
Talking Points R&D is an endurance event — it’s not a sprint Pace is important. A sense of urgency gets things done. A sense of panic burns people out Every company should have some R&D — even the mom and pop corner shop Without a constant stream of new ideas, you business will slowly decay Invention takes time. There... »
Finding Business and Technical Founders
Of the many challenges an entrepreneur faces, none has as many repercussions as choosing your fellow founders. Pick the right ones and your business has a great chance at success. Pick the wrong ones and doom is inevitable. Finding like minded entrepreneur’s can be a daunting task especially if you are a business person... »
OnStartups: A Geek’s Guide to Hiring Marketing People
This post is a must read for any techie that needs to hire a marketing person. I do recommend looking at the original post that inspired Jason to write this one. The Answers.OnStartUps forum is an excellent resource for entrepreneurs. I frequent it often and am a regular contributor (it’s kind of addictive). The real... »
Zen Habits: 5 Great Ways to Conquer Self Doubt
Whom among us has not had some self doubt about our business decisions. We toil, we fret and we worry about making payroll. Sometimes it gets downright scary to think that we created a business and that one day, it might all go away. This is normal. Even healthy if we can channel that... »
The Hardest Thing About Writing a Book is
promoting it. Sure, writing, editing, proofing are all hard but those are all under your control. Someone actually buying the thing, that’s totally out of your control (well, maybe not totally). A Little Background About a year ago, I decided to write a book about management. Specifically, about how to eliminate the frustrations all of my technical... »
Quicksprout: 10 Business Mistakes That Will Nearly Break You
It’s posts like these that make me read every work Neil writes. It’s funny. I have made a lot of these mistakes and the reason I am still kicking is because I learned from them and moved one. One more that almost ruined me was: 11. Too In Love With Your Original Idea Sure, your idea got... »
Celebration of Knowledge #3
Greetings from COK #3. These last three posts were challenging stuff. So, don’t worry if it has not all sunk in. These concepts take some getting used to so relax and lets see what you know. Questions 1. Which one of the following equations relates to accounting? A. E = M*C^2 B. F = M*A C. A = L... »
Zenhabits: How Passion and Focus Will Rock Your Career
Success at anything requires passion and focus. You can’t just show up, wander in the meadow and expect to be a smashing success. It takes dedication, passion and focus to achieve your goals. This guest post over a Zen Habits nails the reason passion is important but misses the point on focus. Focus is important... »
OnStartUps: Releasing Early Is Not Always Good
Great guest post over at OnStartUps about when to release. It’s always a struggle to sort out when to release a product. Chances are, you never really know the right time nor the right features to release with. This is truly an art to get right. Most of the “release early” debate revolves around software,... »
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