Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2019

Until the recession a few years ago, market research indicated that as many as 90 percent of the roughly 20 million American small business owners were motivated more by lifestyle than growth and money. Being called a lifestyle entrepreneur should be a point of pride, not an insult. It seems that more people are focused on money today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

As an advisor to entrepreneurs, I find that I often have to remind them that the world of customers has changed since they started their last business. Of course, part of the change is that Gen Z (born after 1996) now outnumbers the Millennials (born after 1981). Use new technology to personalize and expedite.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2020

As a mentor to entrepreneurs over the years, I see many of you who don’t communicate enough, others who seem to do all the talking, and some that are hesitant to be direct and open. Examples of inquiry include asking questions to seeking the wisdom of the room, while advocacy means stating your view or urging a course of action.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Until the recent recession, market research indicated that as many as 90 percent of the roughly 20 million American small business owners were motivated more by lifestyle than growth and money. Being called a lifestyle entrepreneur should be a point of pride, not an insult. It seems that everyone wants to make a quick buck these days.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2013

Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. To determine what factors made a difference, the researchers compared the 27 companies using numerous variables. Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The crypto in cryptocurrency is of course referring to cryptography on the ability to encrypt your transactions so they can’t be modified after they have been written to the blockchain. Of course anybody who says this publicly gets lambasted. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2012

Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. To determine what factors made a difference, the researchers compared the 27 companies using numerous variables. Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

The basic components are obvious: talented founders, great engineers, angel money, venture capital, access to larger corporates (for business, funding & talent), great education / research (for IP breakthroughs) and a sufficient ecosystem of mentors, advisors, executive coaches and mavens. Venture Capital. I was instantly intrigued.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Of course, we would all like to have a magic list based on more definitive tracking of many real startups over time. To determine what factors made a difference, the researchers compared the 27 companies using numerous variables. Here is my own net of those seven habits: Founder is ready, willing, and able to learn.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

As discussed in Personal Pitch , entrepreneurs must cultivate the help of Donors during the early days of their adVenture. In most instances, the Donor’s compensation comes from the satisfaction of helping a fellow entrepreneur who is on the front end of her career. Entrepreneurs are action oriented and not highly contemplative.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

A profile of the state of the Bitcoin industry and its presence of female entrepreneurs. A clear distinction our female entrepreneurs have made here has been their active decisions to hit the ground running. Brock Pierce – Digital Currency Entrepreneur and Angel Investor. The subject on hand? Bitcoin, litecoin, maybe doge.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. When you began your teaching career, did you plan on eventually being an entrepreneur? What guidance can you give to anyone in a financially safe career who longs for the exciting life of an entrepreneur?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

I haven’t seen much insight on this subject, so I was intrigued by a new book “ Leaving on Top: Graceful Exits for Leaders ,” by David Heenan, a business executive and Georgetown professor, with some good research on 20 top leaders, and why some leaders ‘get out while they’re on top’ while others ‘overstay their welcome.’ Keep good company.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Entrepreneurs create opportunities by creating ripples, and mini-ventures are great ripple creators. This enterprise netted the entrepreneurial student a nice fistful of bills before each test. the smartass entrepreneur replied, “It’s called business. When the Professor asked, “What do you think you are doing?” Feasibility.

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