Archive for August, 2008
Hey – this is fun!
Slideshare is an online service through which you can upload and share PowerPoint, Open Office and PDF presentations. You can share the presentations publicly with no restrictions, and there are options for private sharing also.
I set up an account a while back and really never did anything with it. Honestly, I still haven’t, but I was [...]
5 steps to sustained personal change
I’ve been using this concept of a “crucible” or intense life event as a backdrop lately for some of my posts. Today, I’d like to talk a little about something that has been an element of my current crucible, and what I have learned from it.
The topic is change, specifically personal change. Even more specifically, [...]
Lessons to be learned
It’s rather ironic that I recently recommended a book called Crucibles of Leadership. The book sounded interesting as it is centered around creating a Personal Learning Strategy to take advantage of particularly stressful life experiences. The author calls these experiences crucibles, and his premise is we all have enough crucibles to provide the basis for a [...]
Stories from the field: Passion and Commitment
While being exposed to creative business ideas day in and day out is a fun part of my job, probably the best part is getting to meet the entrepreneurs behind those ideas. In talking to one recently, it really reminded me of a couple of the core entrepreneurial qualities: Passion and Commitment.
The Story
This woman (let’s [...]
More entrepreneurial qualities
I was skimming the bookshelf looking for some different methods to value early-stage companies (if anyone knows of some good online resources, please comment with them), and I came across another list of entrepeneurial qualities.
This list is out of The New Venture Handbook. Published in 1993 it is a little dated, but it’s not a [...]
Your morning routine, interrupted
When you wake up in the morning do you have a smile on your face and a sense of happy anticipation for the day you are about to enter into? Or do you wake to “just another day”, or worse a sense of dread or depression?
If you fall into the second camp, ask yourself the [...]
Essential qualities of entrepreneurship – ver. 1
Okay, time for you all to speak up and tell me what you think. After taking my own notes as to the qualities I think are essential for entrepreneurship, I posted a question on the topic over at LinkedIn’s Q&A section and got some great additional feedback. So in this post, I will quickly outline [...]
What Leadership qualities are you looking for in our next President?
I just read a fantastic article over on the Harvard Business Publishing site. They pose the question I repeat as the title of this post. What leadership qualities are you looking for in our next President.
It has long been my contention that political elections are largely marketing events. At the local and maybe regional level [...]
LinkedIn question on entrepreneurship core qualities
I’ve had good success, and some fun, over the last couple of months asking and responding to questions on the LinkedIn Q&A section. If you are a LinkedIn user and haven’t checked it out, I highly recommend giving it a test drive. It may not be a fit for you, but you should definitely know [...]
Stop being so hard on yourself
If you are interested in the pursuit of excellence, it is often too easy to focus on what you perceive as your flaws. A little critical self-evaluation is a good thing, too much focus can be destructive. This is one of my growth areas, as I tend to dwell on what I need to change [...]
