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Jul 25, 20123 min read
The Secret to Pitching your Business in 30 seconds
If you can’t tell me in 30 seconds what you do and what you want, then I am not buying, investing or probably even listening any longer...
Oct 1, 20112 min read
5 Key Skills for Successful Serial Entrepreneurs
I just finished leading a 3-day workshop in Toulouse, France for 15 entrepreneurs from the incubators and technology centres of the...
May 10, 20112 min read
DARING TO DREAM – The Entrepreneur Mindset
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving...
Apr 15, 20113 min read
Hunting in the Sales Jungle
If you are running a startup business, then it is likely that you don’t have a lot of money or a lot of time to waste on unnecessary...
Mar 17, 20112 min read
Inspiration – What is your calling?
I believe that we all have something special to offer this world. No matter who you are… No matter what skills you possess or don’t...
Mar 11, 20111 min read
Why are you an Entrepreneur – really?
What motives you as an entrepreneur? What is the real reason that you are willing to work long hours 7 days a week with low pay, few...
Mar 1, 20112 min read
Fall in Love with your Market, not with your Technology
Why do so many early-stage technology companies struggle? One reason is that they fall in love with their technology. Many entrepreneurs...
Feb 13, 20112 min read
Being an Entrepreneur – Curse or Blessing?
I have been away from my writing for quite some time. I have struggled to find the time. I have struggled to find the words. I have...
Nov 18, 20102 min read
Entrepreneur Self Sabotage
We all have 2 different minds. One is logical, the other is emotional and they don’t always agree with each other. Sometimes they will do...
Oct 25, 20103 min read
Great Networking Trick
Last week I accidentally discovered a great new networking trick. I was attending a lecture on Entrepreneurship in Norway. I walked into...
Sep 17, 20102 min read
More Serial Entrepreneurs?
Yesterday I led a workshop for 20 young entrepreneurs in Dusseldorf, Germany. I asked them if they knew the expression “serial...
Aug 3, 20102 min read
Marathon Man for Startups
Have you seen the old movie called Marathon Man? Dustin Hoffmann plays the part of an amateur marathon runner who gets mixed up with a...
Apr 7, 20102 min read
Am I crazy to be an entrepreneur?
I woke up this morning and my first thought was that “I am crazy”! Stark, raving, mad, lunatic crazy. It was all triggered by an argument...
Mar 16, 20102 min read
Personal Ad: Great Technology Seeks Sexy Problem to Solve
You would not believe how many times I have met brilliant entrepreneurs with amazing, cutting-edge technologies who are clueless about...
Feb 27, 20102 min read
It is hard to change just a little. Easier to change a lot.
To succeed as an entrepreneur you have to pay attention. You must pay close attention to what is going on around you – to your company,...
Feb 22, 20103 min read
Are you Marketing to Hunters or Farmers?
I was reviewing a marketing plan for a startup company the other day when I suddenly got a flash of insight and understanding. This...
Feb 16, 20103 min read
Laid-off?… then Become An Entrepreneur
These days, the workers in the Northeast of England have the feeling that things have not been worse since the famine and plagues of the...
Feb 9, 20103 min read
Coaching Athletes vs. Coaching Entrepreneurs
All professional athletes have coaches. No serious competitor would attempt to compete at peak level without one. A coach is not just...
Feb 3, 20104 min read
The Most Common Mistakes that Startup Companies Make
Success is the result of Good Judgment Good Judgment is the result of Experience Experience is the result of Bad Judgment Have I learned...
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