Entrepreneurship
My entrepreneurial scorecard
Lists of entrepreneurial qualities abound on the web. Heck, I even ran a couple surveys when I first started this blog. After a couple years of working with entrepreneurs and start-ups, I’ve come to the conclusion that while entrepreneurs in aggregate do exhibit many similar personal qualities, the success of their start-up is a different [...]
So what?
At one point in my career I worked for the U.S. division of a large, international consulting firm. I held a variety of positions, the last being account executive. This company wasn’t as rigid as some I’ve seen with enforcement of “officially sanctioned” sales presentations, but toward the end of my time there, they became [...]
10 Questions With… Rich Fialkoff of Chide.it
I’ve written a couple times before about a one question survey, even investigated different customer surveying models. Obviously, I’m a self-admitted fan of customer surveys. There are also different kinds of surveys for different audiences. On this blog I’ve mostly talked about surveys that fall in the “customer satisfaction” heading, but your customers are only [...]
How to be successful AND stay married
I’m a huge fan of Inc. Magazine. I love two things about it. First, it just works – the magazine is laid out intelligently, offers great content and just looks good. More importantly, and the real reason I’m such a fan, is the real-world context that permeates almost all of the articles, whether written by [...]
10 Question With… OPT Solutions
I’ve known Laura Pettit Rusick for quite a few years now. I was originally introduced to her through the regional IT Leadership group I sit on the Board of. Eventually Laura was also recruited to the Board and she and I ended up co-chairing the Programs position. If any of you have ever been responsible [...]
Progress
Finally had the first brainstorming meeting on the smartphone application I surveyed you all on a while back. It was a really good session. Not only did the company I’m working with say that my original design could be fairly easily programmed, we came up with an entire new “other half” to the application that [...]
Joining a startup?
My friend Sarah sent me this link to a post written by Guy Kawasaki on 10 questions to ask before joining a startup. Now, Guy knows a thing or two about startups, so I was interested to read his thoughts. I had also seriously considered joining an IT startup over the summer. Having reached deep [...]
Encouragement
I had another meeting to discuss the smartphone application project I’m considering. This time I met with a local social media strategist that works for a Internet marketing firm in town. Great conversation – I love talking with smart people that get passionate. After working through bringing him up to speed on what I was [...]
10 Questions with… Rob Felber
When I started my new position in the incubator a couple years ago, it wasn’t long until I met Rob Felber. I think it was maybe the third entrepreneurial event I went to. It was showcase event, intended to let regional up and coming young entrepreneurs network and show off their startup. There was Rob, [...]
Own your room
If you are not reading Chris Guillebeau’s blog The Art of Nonconformity, you should be. Chris regularly writes on three topics: life, work and travel. His view on work, and life, is that you don’t have to live your life the way people expect you to and if you don’t decide what you want to [...]
