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On June 3rd, 2015, General Assembly Chicago hosted Fireside Chat with me. The event was moderated by Mark Lawrence, co-founder & CEO of SpotHero. Over the course of 45 minutes, the interview went all over the place from childhood to startups, from embarrassing [...]
Normally the first thing I encourage any newly minted founder to do at the beginning of their startup journey is throw away any concept of certainty. Especially if they are tackling a big problem, something [...]
When is a project “officially” a startup? When can someone legitimately call themselves a founder? Is the line between app, project, startup, business, or “side hustle” becoming increasingly blurred? [...]
Imagine everything you want for your new startup is on the other side of this door. Picture it in your head. A great start. Growth. Happy customers. Great employees. Revenue. Profits. Endless potential. [...]
This week I met an entrepreneur who is looking to expand his company significantly. They are a well known brand in their region and have been around for long enough to have had a strong amount of press, [...]
As you’re reading this sentence, somewhere in the world an entrepreneur is being asked, “But what if XYZ company decides to build this as well? Plus there are already ten companies doing what you [...]
While it’s not true that people fear public speaking more than death (**that old cliché quote has been debunked many times), it’s still terrifying for most of us. It’s such a common ailment, it [...]
A common piece of startup advice for founders is to find pain points and solve them. More specifically, “morphine” level pain points. Problems that are so severe, that your potential customers are [...]
Every year, if I’m able to, I go on one intense vacation. Something where I unplug completely, with limited or no access to the internet. I’ll typically delete any games and all social networking apps [...]
And a few thoughts on how to treat it. It’s been 14 years since I started my first company and along the way, mostly due to Technori, I have had the opportunity to have thousands of coffee and beer meetings [...]
It’s hard to quantify the number of books that have been written about successful entrepreneurs, the traits that supposedly got them there, and what you can do to get on the same track. It’s even harder [...]
Any writer will tell you that the hardest part of what they do is writing every day, no matter what. Every famous author in history has shared the perseverance to sit down and do the work, day in and day [...]