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 [...]
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 [...]
The Genius vs. The Executive
I just got done reading the Inc. Magazine article about Threadless. (Here’s a printer-friendly version. Read that: no ads and all on one page.) It’s an interesting business model. Artists post designs online and they are voted on by the community. Winning designs get printed on t-shirts, that are then sold to the community. What’s [...]
Entrepreneurial Qualities Survey – Wrap-up and Moving Forward
This is follow-up post 3 of 3 to my original survey. In interested, here is the previous recap: Survey follow-up 1 of 3 (Review of necessary and supporting qualities) Survey follow-up 2 of 3 (The big list of comments) Continuing my examination of the entrepreneurial survey results, in this post I’ll share changes to the [...]
Entrepreneurial Qualities Survey followup – the Big List of Comments
This is follow-up post 2 of 4 to my original survey. In interested, here is the previous recap: Survey follow-up 1 of 4 (Review of necessary and supporting qualities) It’s hard to believe it’s been a couple weeks since I first wrote on the entrepreneurial qualities survey, but time flies quickly this time of year. [...]
Are your customers part of your Business Plan?
Sounds like a crazy question, doesn’t it? Well, I’ve been following an online saga over the weekend that makes me think that some entrepreneurs aren’t aware, or don’t care, about this simple premise. I Want Sandy is an online scheduling and reminder service. Get any kind of information about daily “stuff” (appointments, things to remember, lists, [...]
Entrepreneurial Qualities Survey followup 1 of 3
As promised, I’ve given some thought to the results generated by the Entrepreneurial Qualities survey I recently ran. I’m going to break my thoughts into four separate posts: Thoughts on the qualities voted “necessary” Thoughts on the qualities voted “supporting” Comments recap Where to from here on the topic The first post is the easy [...]
Entrepreneurial Qualities survey results
Survey says??? First of all, let me give a hearty “Thank You” for everyone that took the time to participate in this survey. I got some great input, validated some thoughts while having others challenged, and had some fun in the process. What more could you ask for? So I’ll quickly run through the nature [...]
Entrepreneurial Qualities Survey
So after a little break (that included sleeping overnight on the floor of the Houston airport), I’m ready to start diving in to entrepreneurial qualities. I have some clear opinions on the topic. However, instead of just starting off with what I think, I thought it would be fun to take the temperature of you [...]
Forgive me…
…but I need to get a small rant off my chest. I was watching television a bit last night when a Cadillac ad came on. You know the ones, it’s dark, lights are flashing by, a powerful looking business man/woman is driving a Cadillac and you’re just waiting for them to put the hammer down [...]
