Entrepreneurship
Ah, so THAT’s what it feels like
I pitched one of my entrepreneurial ideas to the strategic partner I had identified as critical for this particular idea. They liked the idea, saw great value, and agreed to move me up the chain to the decision-maker. What a rush! Why have I waited so long to jump off the cliff?
Market research results
First of all, if you are one of the people who took time out of their day to take my recent suvery, Thank You! I had a good response, with 55 responses currently. I was hoping to get at least 50 responses, and promoted the survey through all my social networks. I truly appreciate your [...]
Market Research
As many of you know, I’ve been a “frustrated entrepreneur” for many years now. At the beginning of 2009 I kind of drew a line in the sand and decided that this was the year to start moving forward on a couple ideas. It’s hard to believe almost half the year has gone already. Becoming [...]
Stories from the field: Clarity
I talk a lot about focus and hard work when it comes to entrepreneurs. I’ve always had in the back of my mind though, that each have their flaws as core entrepreneurial qualities; focus can easily become narrow-mindedness, and activity does not necessarily translate into progress. So I always kind of felt like there was [...]
List of entrepreneur-penned blogs
Big list of entrepreneur blogs over at altgate. 77 last time I checked. Bonus #1 is Furqan offers a Google Bundle of the blogs so you can grab them all at once if you’d like. Bonus #2 is at the start of the post, he also links to a huge list of VC blogs. Go, [...]
Building your brand through Customer Service
There’s been something rattling around in my head for quite a while now. Not quite a full-fledged thesis, but definitely more than a idea. It’s equal parts opportunity, growth and commitment, and it all hinges upon a not so simple question. What the hell happened to Customer Service? I trust I don’t need to make [...]
10 Questions With… Green Kids Rock!
I met Wendy Wercion about a year ago. I really can’t remember how we originally met, but from our first meeting on Wendy’s passion and commitment were unmistakable. I meet with lots of entrepreneurs. Many of them fade away after that initial meeting. A small percentage of them become coaching clients. Some of those go [...]
What’s so hard about blogging?
So, you’ve probably read a lot here and there about blogs being one of the best ways on the Internet to not only establish your expertise, but even grab some search engine traffic. I talked about blogging as a foundational tool for thought leader’s / subject matter expert’s personal brand. Over the past month or [...]
Please stop
Between judging business plan competitions, sitting on loan fund award panels and responding to inbound entrepreneurial referrals, I read a lot of business plans. Over the past two days I read through five different plans in preparation for the initial review round of a regional loan fund. Entrepreneurs, we need to talk. Remember last week [...]
Is your great idea a great business?
I love this question, and it’s one that I ask almost every entrepreneur I meet with. The conversation that follows is almost always very revealing – not only about the business prospects of the entrepreneur’s product or service, but the entrepreneur themselves. The entrepreneur is sitting thinking they’ve got a 6-figure idea, but then I [...]
