About a year ago, I had to seriously plan my move to Boston. From selling our digs in Chicago (in a dead market, mind you), to figuring out which company to join in Boston, it wasn’t easy. As I was sitting in the office of Joel B. (one of the founders of Geneca) having really [...]
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Ideas are worthless!!! What entrepreneurs can learn from hip hop artists.
Some of you may remember viral video of Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer running on the stage during keynote at a software developers conference in a sweat-drenched shirt yelling his heart out “Developers! Developers! Developers!”. I bet he remembered all those failures where ideas of mighty Microsoft failed to gain market traction. Anyone remembers Microsoft Bob? As you watch this short video of Steve Ballmer, in your mind change his words to “Paying customers! Paying customers! Paying customers!” Key to your idea being anything more than just another worthless filing in the USPTO are paying customers. Better yet, paying customers who evangelize your product.
Sampling of the biggest mistakes startup leaders make
This topic has been in my drafts folder for a while. I take it to heart, because I find it important not to repeat mistakes I have seen others and myself make. My father always used to stress that he succeeded, because he chose to learn from mistakes of others rather than have to learn [...]
Bubble 2.0 – ooops, we did it again!
We are going through Bubble 2.0. You would think we would have learned from the last bubble. There are ominous news everywhere, but I say it is just a correction that was long overdue (again). And again, just like last time, this correction will separate real leaders from those who just managed to BS their [...]
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