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...
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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...
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...
Oct 18, 20102 min read
Can Entrepreneurship Empower Palestinians?
Last week I was asked to join a group of coaches and investors to design and lead a program for Palestinian entrepreneurs from the West...
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 13, 20102 min read
Celebrate Your Failures
Last week Google announced that their product called WAVE would be dropped, just 6 months after its birth. What was interesting about...
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 11, 20103 min read
USA passes Educating Entrepreneurs bill
“Every $1 dollar invested in this program will put $2.87 into the national treasury” – N.Velazquez (US State Representative) “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...
Jan 30, 20102 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 19, 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,...
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