How to Evaluate Startup Ideas
These are great videos to get you started on the “ideation” process and how to best evaluate if you are on the right...
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Ten questions that will help you answer if you want to become an entrepreneur?
Whether you are embarking on your first career, have come to a career crossroads much later down the line, or fall somewhere in between, you will benefit from these sessions. First, let me congratulate you for coming this far....
Read Morean Introduction to my Entrepreneurship series
Over this series on life as an entrepreneur, I will take you on a journey to discover what an entrepreneur is, what the research tells us, and what the prevailing myths are. I will give you an insight into what life is like for...
Read MoreThe need to contribute to others first…
Ever heard the expression “what goes around comes around”? I believe that if you contribute to society, and your local community, in your own unique way that the “universe” will reward you in return, I...
Read MoreNow let’s consider some other entrepreneurial qualities….
Of course, it’s not as simple as checking the box in a list of entrepreneurial characteristics to understand if you are the ideal material! Life is way too complicated for that, and so are entrepreneurs. So exploring in...
Read MoreWhat is an entrepreneur?
The age of the entrepreneur has now well and truly arrived. Twenty years ago, they have used the word “buccaneer” in the same breath as an entrepreneur. Still, now the definition of an entrepreneur is someone...
Read MoreThe top ten traits of successful entrepreneurs
There are certain qualities common to many entrepreneurs. It’s safe to say that most successful entrepreneurs possess at least some, and probably most, of these characteristics. This is not exclusive to entrepreneurship....
Read MoreReading list for entrepreneurs
Hhhh Don’t forget to check out our page on books and further reading, it’s a long list, but you should find something of interest for you should you need more useful advice and information about being an...
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What did you do in the holidays…any reading?
As an new lecturer at CU-Boulder I had to brush up on my re-reading of my library of...
Read MoreChoosing a "Stanford quality" startup idea–part 3
Congratulations, if your idea has made it through the first basic set of tests then it must be excellent. Now on to the next set of tests, remember we are trying to eliminate bad ideas fast and through a logical and...
Read MoreChoosing a "Stanford quality" startup idea–part 2
After having thought long and hard the usual response I get back from the team in the first instance is a variation on the first few ideas with a slight improvement on the stated criteria, why? First, often the team is built...
Read MoreChoosing a "Stanford quality" startup idea
On each of my Stanford courses (Engineering and GSB) we start the entrepreneurship element of the course by selecting ideas to base the mentoring around. The process of selecting a viable team and startup business idea are the...
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