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Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 5, 2023
I worked with Bill Gates in the early days of Microsoft and the IBM PC, while I was with IBM. If you or your team sees you as an idea person, your first task as an entrepreneur should be to find a co-founder who can deliver. All the great ideas in the world won’t make a business, if the ideas never get implemented.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 19, 2021
Some investors say half the ideas pitched to them don’t have any plan at all, even though some have great potential. Sleeping giants do wake up, and investors hate to see their money used to build a market for Microsoft, IBM, or Procter & Gamble. Isn’t your personal risk just as important as investor risk? Marty Zwilling.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 5, 2020
I worked with Bill Gates in the early days of Microsoft and the IBM PC, while I was with IBM. If you or your team sees you as an idea person, your first task as an entrepreneur should be to find a co-founder who can deliver. All the great ideas in the world won’t make a business, if the ideas never get implemented.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 29, 2020
For example, you may think that disruptive smartphones were an overnight sensation, but in reality, it took huge investments by several different companies starting in 1992, including IBM, Apple, and Google, before the market really took off in 2007. Innovation doesn’t even require technology.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 9, 2015
I worked with Bill Gates in the early days of Microsoft and the IBM PC, while I was with IBM. If you or your team sees you as an idea person, your first task as an entrepreneur should be to find a co-founder who can deliver. All the great ideas in the world won’t make a business, if the ideas never get implemented.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 24, 2019
At the very least, big brands like IBM and McDonalds still take decades to achieve influence, whereas people have become influencers with only a few months of work. Steve Jobs was always visible at industry forums, product pitches, and interviews. Take an active role in a higher cause or social reform.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 15, 2016
I worked with Bill Gates in the early days of Microsoft and the IBM PC, while I was with IBM. If you or your team sees you as an idea person, your first task as an entrepreneur should be to find a co-founder who can deliver. All the great ideas in the world won’t make a business, if the ideas never get implemented.
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