The Hardest Working People on the Planet
As entrepreneurs working hard is a given (if you want to be successful that is). Of course, there’s always a question of just what truly is working hard. I’ve found that most entrepreneurs, if compared to the average office worker at a big company, work extremely hard. However, just because you’re working [...]
Continue reading...Presentations for entrepreneurs from my eduFire classes
Friday, December 18, 2009
As many of you know I’ve been teaching a series of courses related to entrepreneurship on eduFire. I wanted to post links here to some of the presentations I’ve used in case you find them helpful. Enjoy! A Decade’s Worth of Entrepreneurial Advice Entrepreneur Bootcamp: Your Idea Financing Your Venture How to Build a World Class Team How [...]
Continue reading...Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
There are two kinds of “quit” in this world. There’s the smart quit. The one where you know you’re not doing the right thing with your life. The kind of one David Allen did. The one that intuitively feels right in every kind of way. And then there’s the other type [...]
Continue reading...A Quick LearnOutLoud Shout-Out
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
As some of you already know about five years back I helped to start a site to aggregate audio content called LearnOutLoud.com. When I started eduFire in 2007 I turned over the reins on LearnOutLoud to my brother David and he has done a fantastic job growing the company and he let me know [...]
Continue reading...Hacking the University: Taking the Power Back
Monday, November 30, 2009
I’m pissed. One of my missions in life is to help make education more equal. Equal as in “more access for everyone” kinda equal. And then I come across stories like this one:The Subprime Student Loan Racket and this one: Video Professor Tries To Bully Washington Post, Fails and I get pissed. Pissed [...]
Continue reading...Build your entrepreneurial confidence. Try these tips on for size.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Entrepreneurship is hard. You’re going to go through moments where you feel like you’re on top of the world. And then you’re going to experience moment when you think the world is going to come to an end. And often those moments will occur within the same hour of the day. When you [...]
Continue reading...A dozen of the best start-up pitches on the Web
Friday, November 13, 2009
One of the best ways to prepare yourself to pitch your company is to watch other people pitch theirs. Here are a dozen of the best “start-up” pitches I could find (watching people pitch established companies is, in general, not as much fun ). Watch and learn! (PS Post any other [...]
Continue reading...Raising capital – The 50 or so things you should read first
Sunday, November 8, 2009
I’ve aggregated a bunch of blog posts related to pitching your business to venture capitalists. My apologies in advance for the lack of organization. Please respond with additional posts in the comments and I’ll add them to the post as appropriate. Enjoy! Babak Nivi (Venture Hacks) Pitching (Excellent outline with a bunch of must-reads. [...]
Continue reading...Is the problem you are solving really a problem?
Sunday, October 4, 2009
OK, I’m going to get on my soapbox for a minute. Apologies have been offered in advance… Came across this article today about California (via Mark Suster and Michael Schneider) and the lousy state (no pun intended) that we’re in: Will California become America’s first failed state? The article talks about people facing real problems. [...]
Continue reading...Bringing Entrepreneurial Education to the Masses
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
I’m deeply passionate about entrepreneurship. And over the years I’ve been greatly inspired by stuff like Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders, Venture Voice, From Scratch and Mixergy. And I’ve been wowed by the innovation coming out of places like YCombinator, TechStars and BetaWorks. And I’ve been incredibly thankful for the wisdom I’ve gained from [...]
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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