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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...Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.
17. December 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...Build your entrepreneurial confidence. Try these tips on for size.
20. November 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...Is the problem you are solving really a problem?
4. October 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...Dream out loud. At high volume.
29. June 2009
The only limits are the limits of our imagination. Dream up the kind of world you want to live in. Dream out loud. At high volume. That’s what we do for a living. -Bono before “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” from this amazing bootleg show in Dublin. Couldn’t find anything embeddable but this is fairly close (from [...]
Continue reading...Umair Haque on Authentic Value
27. June 2009
If I could have one wish today it would be that everyone would watch this (less than 4 minute) video and ask themselves an all-important question: “Am I creating authentic value?” In other words, is what I’m doing with my life (where I’m working, what I’m investing in, etc.) not just making me better [...]
Continue reading...The 5 Things I’d Tell My 21 Year Old Entrepreneurial Self
24. April 2009
12 years ago I set out on my first foray into the world of entrepreneurship. The company was called MCSETutor.com (we later changed the name to the equally obtuse 2000Tutor.com) and while it wasn’t a huge success by dot com era standards we did sell it for a tidy profit. But looking back [...]
Continue reading...My advice to young entrepreneurs
12. March 2009
I mentor a few younger entrepreneurs. A little while ago two of them (co-founders in the same company) emailed me sharing with me the ups and downs of the last six months. Here was my response. Since it doesn’t reveal any sensitive info I wanted to share it with the world on [...]
Continue reading...Let’s Go
2. March 2009
It’s the 2nd of March, 2009. The Dow is under 7,000 for the first time since 1997. Fear seems like it’s gripping just about everyone these days. From old people too scared to leave shitty jobs to young people with nothing to lose not wanting to start the company that could become the next Google [...]
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30. December 2009
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