Entrepreneurship
« Previous EntriesGreat lessons from an Angel Investor Matt Coffin
Friday, November 27th, 2009This is one of the best videos I have ever watched to help startups see what makes sense in coming up with an idea and other great lessons, how to avoid building something no one cares about, what angels want…esp.…
Make sure your business plan gets read – build a “killer” exec summary
Friday, November 20th, 2009Like most people I hate writing business plans, I want to get on with the business at hand rather than keep writing and re-writing lots of words about what I plan to do!
This must also be true for many investors…
Want to “burn” your Company to the ground…Fire the founder.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009This topic is always a hot one for founders when they are considering VC money!
Or indeed when they are talking with private equity companies.
I wanted to write about it as a very talented friend of mine was just “fired” after navigating…
Get a Complete Set of Founder-friendly Legal Docs
Monday, September 28th, 2009Adeo at TheFunded has come up with some time and cost saving free legal docs that look good if you are US based and starting up. They are written to be less “VC-sided” and if you can use them then I…
10 tips for living and working with an Entrepreneur
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Entrepreneurs come from an incredibly broad range of places, cultures, religions and are obviously from either sex. As such compiling the perfect list is impossible, so this list is one perspective!
I have already written extensively about the myths and top…
Excellent video for tech startups…by Eric Ries
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009I met Eric through a friend Steve Blank and these two have formed a partnership of sorts both in teaching great lessons on startups which grew from working together at IMVU where Eric was a founder and Steve a board…
How to write a winning elevator pitch
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Writing a good and punchy “elevator pitch” is way harder than most people think. Plus I find that I really need to teach this skill a lot with my Stanford and UC Berkeley MBA’s to help them both with distilling…
Been laid off…should you hire yourself?
Sunday, March 15th, 2009You know the numbers
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in FEBRUARY 2009 Nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in February (-651,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent. In February, job losses were large and…
Check your business plan measures up to "business school" standard before you send it out to investors
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008As you may know I work extensively with 3 of the World’s Top 10 business schools and I regularly have to help MBA’s work on their business plans. In working with them I help them shape their plans and eventually…
Public speaking…the key things to know
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008If you are making any form of presentation you will benefit from these quick tips.
Get the content and flow right:
First, make the presentation flow correctly – as most presentations are trying to convince someone of something, I tend to use…
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