I love reading Paul Graham. Heck, everyone loves reading Paul Graham’s writings on entrepreneurship and investing. The two best thing things about the Y-Combinator founder’s essays are: 1) They are intensely insightful – from his broad and deep understanding of the startup experience, and 2) They are indeed essays as
It was a brilliant observation from Tim Huntley of An Entrepreneurial Life, based on an exchange with an entrepreneur. The entrepreneur is stuck in some sort of circular-loop thinking preventing him and his team from making progress. In a rather rare display of self-awareness, the entrepreneur likens his dilemma to a
Tapestry. It’s the title of one the most powerful episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Captain Jean-Luc Picard gets to re-live his life and correct some of the ‘stupid mistakes’ he made in his youth. This time, he avoids confrontation, avoids risks and plays it safe. Later we see the outcome of
The concept drives some people crazy and causes them countless hours of lost sleep, but personally I don’t mind: Google Latitude automatically broadcasts and stores a record of my whereabouts at any given time (it’s on my Android devices, iPad, iPhone and PC). In the next 10 years we’ll look
(Originally published as a Guest Blog on CX.com on December 11, 2012) Crowdfunding. You’ve heard of it — sexy projects by entrepreneurs who buck the establishment by going directly to the public for funding. Or maybe you’ve heard of the other crowdfunding — fraud, deceit and boiler room brokers bilking
Someone posted a question on Quora the other day – and the question itself was insightful: What is the difference between a revenue model and a monetization model? I’m a bit of a stickler for consistent definitions of terms in business (particularly entrepreneurship), so I provided a detailed answer clarifying
A familiar meme is that Entrepreneurs are somewhat crazy. Many use the phrase affectionately when implying that the prototypical entrepreneur is willing to attempt things that the average person would not risk. Or perhaps it’s because entrepreneurs often paint a vision for the future that seems unimaginable, that they seem
Another day, another “eye-roll” moment. Sigh. Yet another article on the “rules” or “secrets” to becoming a successful entrepreneur – usually written by someone who has never been an entrepreneur, much less a successful entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship advice is getting similar to those late night get-rich-quick real estate commercials, or like
Arizona No. 1 for startups, Kauffman study finds Arizona had the highest entrepreneurial activity rate of any state last year, according to new research from the Kauffman Foundation. – Phoenix Business Journal Definitely worth of a major shout-out When I arrived in Arizona 4 years ago to help them build
In 2011 “Crowdfunding” matured from a method to collect donations for small creative projects, to a formidable new way of investing in startups. Battleground 2012 is about whether the US should update its antiquated securities laws to allow for Crowdfunding new entrepreneurial companies. .