Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2011
It would be no fun if starting a business was simply plotting a straight line between your idea and success, with no challenges along the way. That doesn’t mean that starting a business should be a random walk into the unknown. Drive your startup to profitability. Relish it, or if it scares you, don’t try it. Scale the business.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 1, 2010
In fact, he’s personally started 34 businesses and run 17 of them. He started a car washing business as a way to be able to drive other people’s fancy cars. They say that the best entrepreneurs are those who fundamentally want to solve problems or change industries. It’s part of what makes him so likable.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 18, 2012
It would be no fun if starting a business was simply plotting a straight line between your idea and success, with no challenges along the way. That doesn’t mean that starting a business should be a random walk into the unknown. Drive your startup to profitability. Relish it, or if it scares you, don’t try it. Scale the business.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Entrepreneurs are a notoriously stubborn (some say confident) group of people, so I see many of them making the same mistakes that predecessors have made. All the quotes come from entrepreneurs who have built and sold at least one $100 million company. Knowing how to make hard decisions” (Jeff Aronin, Ovation Pharmaceuticals).
InfoChachkie
AUGUST 25, 2016
Despite his non-existent education and numerous personal demons, James Brown was a gifted entrepreneur who reveled in proving Conventional Wisdom wrong. Instead of simply reading box scores and newspaper accounts of the prior days’ games, radio broadcasts allowed fans to experience their team's dramatic ups and downs in real time.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 21, 2011
Entrepreneurs are a notoriously stubborn (some say confident) group of people, so I see many of them making the same mistakes that predecessors have made. All the quotes come from entrepreneurs who have built and sold at least one $100 million company. Knowing how to make hard decisions” (Jeff Aronin, Ovation Pharmaceuticals).
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 17, 2010
I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more.
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