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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...
Apr 18, 20122 min read
Spiderman’s Vulnerability
So many leaders and entrepreneurs understand this point and yet as soon as they open their mouths, they forget the basics. Connection...
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 15, 20111 min read
A Three Minute Course in LEADERSHIP
Whether you are creating a business or creating an amazing life, you can benefit from thinking like an entrepreneur and by taking...
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 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...
Dec 31, 20102 min read
How Can Entrepreneurs Keep Faith?
Something that all entrepreneurs will face sooner or later are setbacks, delays and rejection. It goes with the territory, yet one of...
Nov 25, 20102 min read
Why Do Dyslexics Make Great Entrepreneurs?
I spend a lot of time being curious about what makes some people great entrepreneurs. I recently found an article in BusinessWeek that...
Nov 22, 20102 min read
Kill the Cow
What will Norway live from when the North Sea oil wells run dry? I believe that some answers lie in empowering young entrepreneurs. The...
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...
Nov 14, 20102 min read
If there is no struggle, then there is no progress
“If there is no struggle, then there is no progress” The title of this blog is a quote from Fredrick Douglass. He was born a slave in...
Sep 24, 20102 min read
Making the most of any situation
I did a workshop this week in Palermo, Italy for a group of MBA students and startup companies at the ARCA Technology Incubator. Palermo...
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...
Sep 12, 20102 min read
Fake It or Be Yourself?
Dare to be yourself. Sometimes we are so intent on pleasing the people we meet that we forget to be who we are. Good networking skills...
Aug 23, 20103 min read
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 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 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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