conventional-wisdom 
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 7, 2023
Every entrepreneur I know can’t find enough hours in a day to do the good things they want, and yet they often find themselves saying yes to new requests. In addition to saying yes too often, some entrepreneurs under pressure say no poorly, by attacking the requestor or by avoiding any definitive response.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 25, 2021
Every entrepreneur I know can’t find enough hours in a day to do the good things they want, and yet they often find themselves saying yes to new requests. In addition to saying yes too often, some entrepreneurs under pressure say no poorly, by attacking the requestor or by avoiding any definitive response.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 10, 2015
Every entrepreneur I know can’t find enough hours in a day to do the good things they want, and yet they often find themselves saying yes to new requests. In addition to saying yes too often, some entrepreneurs under pressure say no poorly, by attacking the requestor or by avoiding any definitive response.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 12, 2014
In part this is because conventional wisdom for angels was that it didn’t make sense to write a $1 million+ check in later rounds to follow your prorata. Much of this historically didn’t matter to entrepreneurs. ” Entrepreneurs can be caught in the middle. What a second, what about entrepreneurs?
InfoChachkie
JUNE 6, 2011
Entrepreneurs win by changing the Rules of the Game , rather than by trying to best Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) at their own game. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to believe that they must pay top-dollar for the ideal booth location, compelling give-aways, and an imposing booth that will capture the imagination of its potential customers.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 6, 2011
Entrepreneurs win by changing the Rules of the Game , rather than by trying to best Big Dumb Companies (BDCs) at their own game. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to believe that they must pay top-dollar for the ideal booth location, compelling give-aways, and an imposing booth that will capture the imagination of its potential customers.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 5, 2010
In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. Conventional wisdom is wrong. In a world where 90% of communications is non-verbal imagine what is lost on conference calls.
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