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Connecting the Dots
Like most children, I loved drawing Connect the Dots pictures. I can envision myself staring at a new and particularly complex page of...
Aug 23, 20103 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...
Aug 3, 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...
Apr 7, 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 27, 20102 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 22, 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 16, 20103 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...
Feb 3, 20104 min read

Daring to take the first step
This video shows the winner of “Ukraine ‘s Got Talent”, Kseniya Simonova, age 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand...
Jan 30, 20102 min read


The Entrepreneur Mad Hatter
In order to keep my business afloat I need to be skilled with a number of different tasks such as: Marketing (including web, CMS,...
Jan 19, 20102 min read

What every entrepreneur should learn from Abraham Lincoln
So what is the key entrepreneurial trait that differentiates the other 10 percent? No, it is not that these entrepreneurs are smarter,...
Jan 7, 20102 min read


What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
If you are an entrepreneur, then be bold. Don’t settle for a safe and easy startup. They usually die. Don’t be afraid to tackle the...
Dec 22, 20093 min read


The perfect ski run
So why do they bother to do this? Does mental practice really affect performance? Is this just silly “positive thinking” jargon or does...
Dec 10, 20092 min read


Starting at the End
Do you want to know how to turn this around? Start at the end. Almost any problem is just a temporary condition. Any situation can be...
Dec 4, 20091 min read


Picking the Winners
In the world of sports it has long been a quest to pick the future champions from among the young. There are DNA tests, muscle tests,...
Nov 20, 20092 min read


Be Careful What You Believe
In 1900 automobiles existed and most people had seen them, but they were very expensive and available only for the very rich. Henry Ford...
Nov 18, 20093 min read


Worshiping Genius
At the event I listened to 12 startup entrepreneurs pitch their companies to a panel of judges representing venture companies. Most of...
Nov 9, 20092 min read


“If you are so smart… why are you not rich?”
I immediately wanted to change the T-Shirt to read: If you are so smart, why haven’t you changed more lives? Why haven’t you helped more...
Nov 5, 20091 min read


A Crisis is a Terrible thing to Waste (Part 2) – Smoke Signals
When a business ends up in a crisis, it is usually because they fail to pay attention to the smoke signals. Most of the time the signals...
Nov 2, 20093 min read


Meetings with Remarkable Men
Over the last 24 hours I have had 2 encounters with remarkable men. Both related to my last blog entry regarding how to handle a crisis....
Oct 27, 20092 min read

A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Part 1)
Now before you all start to worry that I am about to throw in the towel, shipwreck the business and go take a job flipping hamburgers at...
Oct 25, 20092 min read
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