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Some entrepreneurs start polling venture capitalists for that multi-million dollar investment before they even have a business plan. That’s like trying to sell part of something to a stranger for big money when you haven’t fully defined it yet. It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your Read More

In general, encouraging a child to have a home business can be a good way to teach positive lessons about money. However, as some kids in my neighborhood are learning, there are also harsh realities that come with running a home business. Read More

If someone can develop an app that provides “hindsight” they would truly make a fortune. Sadly, most startup businesses stumble out of the gate only to embrace valuable lessons too late in the game. Here are some lessons that are worth learning before starting a new business. Read More

Great businesses these days start with innovation, and then take it up a few notches to make it a revolution. An example is Google, who turned a new search technology into a tool that most of us couldn’t live without. As an entrepreneur, how do you know if you have the potential to innovate, and wh Read More

Being an entrepreneur involves walking a fine line of boldness and fear. Most business owners will admit to experiencing fear on a regular basis, and there’s nothing wrong with feeling at least a little scared at one time or another. You may fear making an investment, moving forward with launching Read More

You can’t succeed in business without an operational model that delivers value to customers at a reasonable price, with an underlying cost that allows you to make a profit. There are no “overrides” – for example, businesses don’t thrive just because they offer the latest technology, or because ever Read More

Whether you are a brand new start-up or solo entrepreneur, you know that the buck stops with you — meaning you have many hats to wear each and every day. Of those hats, there are ones you enjoy more than others, and ones you work hard to let someone else wear as soon as it is financially possible. Read More

The traditional mode of starting a company is to plan a serial process, where you complete only once all the steps, leading to the “big bang” launch of the company. I strongly recommend a dramatic departure from this model, called “planned iteration,” where you assume you won’t get it right the fir Read More

Any entrepreneur with a vision can postulate a new business, but it takes a collaboration of many people to make it a success. Today the complexity of forces required for success include multi-disciplinary skills, competencies, and experiences in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts Read More