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Entrepreneurs often ask me why investors expect financial projections for a new startup even before the product is built and while the market is still being defined. I tell them that the projection process and results are most important for you the founder, to evaluate if there really is a business Read More

Most of the technologists I know inherently believe that the terms inventor and entrepreneur mean the same thing, so they are frustrated and surprised when they build their products and no business evolves. They don’t understand that most great entrepreneurs, including Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, ha Read More

Successful entrepreneurs like Tony Hsieh of Zappos and Chris McCormick of L.L.Bean have long realized that networking is no longer something that you do to get what you want, but requires listening and relationship building to do what the other party wants, with a win-win outcome. We now live in a Read More

If you’re starting a new venture the last thing you want to worry about is investing time and resources in expensive software systems. But that’s not to say you should be scribbling contacts or leads down on the back of a beermat, or doing your accounts with a calculator and a notepad.

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A common request I hear from aspiring entrepreneurs is for an assessment of their latest idea. I don’t even try to assess things at the idea level, since I can’t read minds. I can assess execution plans, if you have any. Yet I believe that business success is more a function of the person than the Read More

Starting your own business may sound like an undertaking of epic proportions. The truth is, it’s not. We’ve broken the tasks down into manageable categories and included links that will help you complete each stage of getting started.
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Trademarking your company name is a long process, but it can save you a lot of headaches down the road. Here's how to do it. Read More

Are you running a startup? If you are, you’re haunted by questions of competition, go-to-market strategy and becoming a market leader. To help you out, we sat down with Hillel Fuld — CMO of Zula and original thinker on startup online marketing. Read More

The grass is always greener on the other side. It seems that everyone I know who works in a corporate environment dreams of escaping to become an entrepreneur, and every entrepreneur wishes he or she had the security of a regular paycheck.As someone who has experience on both sides of this fence, I Read More