Entrepreneurial Success Resides in your People

What a difference a year makes! Yesterday I was reading my journal and recollecting what was happening in my life a year ago. The biggest thing that was happening was my quest to raise money.
Oddly enough – that’s rapidly becoming my biggest quest again. I was working on the new investor deck yesterday and [...]

Processing Of Information: The Entrepreneurial Filter

I unfortunately don’t have a great deal of time to read a lot of…anything. But, I still scan headlines, read a few blogs, and magazines. I also listen to NPR on WAMU on my commute back and forth to work.
Everything I read and everything I listen to is processed through my entrepreneurial filter. The [...]

Will it be Anti-Climatic??

Last night, I put up the todo list on my whiteboard for the soft launch of Tickets with a Twist on Sunday. Today, I’ve been wondering about what the launch will feel like. Launching WhyGoSolo was such a monumental event to me (us) and this one…like I mentioned in another post, feels so much different.
This [...]

Thinking Through Execution: A Mental Run Down

Last night I was sitting at my computer with a plethora of thoughts rapidly floating in and out of my mind while I stared at my computer screen. I was immobilized and became unproductive. I decided to turn off my computer, turn on some classical music and think through all the things that need to [...]

New Business Sans Partners

I am now single in both my personal and professional life. When we launch the new company, Yut Media, Inc., it will be without any partners. There are a few people who have a stake and a say in the company but no business partners in the traditional sense.
Back in May of 2007, I thought [...]

Pressed Against a Deadline – Tangled in Loose Ends

Who wants to be in my shoes? For the last few weeks I’ve been working my eight hour a day job that has taken me on the road to San Antonio, New York, Philadelphia and next week to New Orleans, while managing to move from my home of four plus years to a room I’m [...]

The French Man says “PR Secrets?? It’s Bullshit”

I gotta say I completely agree with Loic! I have disagreed with Loic in the past on his post: The idea does not count only execution matters: 10 rules to launch a startup today because I think Loic was overlooking all the work he had done (over many years) in order to be able to [...]

Two Initial Strikes Against The Biz Dev Guy

My last blog post on this topic received some fabulous comments well worth reading and I do believe that the consensus was that both types are ultimately required in order to create the needed combination towards the potential for success.
However, I want to further discuss what strengths and weaknesses both types (Biz Dev and Tech) [...]

Establishing a Foundation: My ‘SOB Moment’

Everything I write about in this blog is gathered from personal experience and having lived through it – I know there’s nothing like a story to help people realize the importance of what I’m recommending you do. So here goes…
A couple of weeks ago I had a ‘SOB moment’. It came the morning after TECH [...]

Foundation: What Makes You Qualified?

Scenario: You are a new entrepreneur and you go in to pitch an investor or a potential client – your pitch goes really well. You hear…
Client/Investor: Hmmm…good stuff. We like it. But who the heck are you? Why should we buy (or invest) in you?
This is the point where you think – I’m the guy [...]

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