The superpower most entrepreneurs have is “persistence”.  That single minded drive to push forward no matter what difficulties and challenges are thrown at them. Without this persistent attitude [...]

Starting and building a company has a lot of risks. Some controllable and some unfortunately out of your control. You can’t do everything in your business so the only way you can maintain and [...]

As we get to the last few days of this difficult 2020 with anticipation of a better 2021 your thoughts may turn inward. You may not be able to change the world or your early-stage business but [...]

The COVID-19 outbreak has created a strange new world for us all. Like all strange new worlds, we need to adapt to the new realities and adapt quickly, especially when it comes to our businesses [...]

We are certainly heading into a national and global crisis like we have not seen before. When parts of New York state are being quarantined by national guard troops, hospitals in Seattle stop [...]

In my last article I suggested companies should dedicate 10% of their time, resources, energy, and attention on innovation. That’s right, at least 10% on things that do not generate revenues [...]

Leading up to the big New Year’s 2020 celebration there was a lot of looking back at the happenings of the last decade. This actually caught me by surprise. The decade really flew by. Taking the [...]

I was in a pitch meeting a few weeks ago where an early stage company CEO was going through his incredibly rehearsed and wonderful company pitch. Great slides, slick business concept, pretty team [...]

“People are the most important thing. Business model and product will follow if you have the right people.” -Adam Neumann, Co-founder of WeWork

You know it’s going to be a bad day when the New York Times refers to your company’s planned public offering as, “We Company’s troubled offering”. What’s worse? To spend the early [...]