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 [...]
The Doers, The Talkers and Our Bloggers
Yesterday Technosailor wrote a blog post that initiated a great conversation on the District of Corruption show that both Aaron and Geoff Livingston do every Tuesday at 4pm EST.
I won’t lie – I hadn’t read the blog post so I rapidly jumped in because I thought Aaron was saying that CEOs have an obligation to [...]
“Never Thought You Would Chase Money”
This is not the blog post I had intended to write and post today, but after trying to write a different one, my thoughts have kept coming back to needing to write this post.
Last night my mom said to me “I never thought you would be the type of person that would chase money” – [...]
Building a Business is Living Life on Steroids
The best way I can think of to explain what building a business is like to someone who has never experienced building a business goes something like this: Combine your most stressful week with your most exciting week and pack it all in into one day…and that is the closes thing you’ve experienced compared to [...]
The One Truth You Must First Accept
We’re going to thoroughly discuss how to be successful entrepreneurs in this blog and how to overcome situations by being innovative and creative but before we start there is one harsh truth you must accept upfront:
In Business: You Can Do Everything Right and Still Fail
Why is it that you can do everything right and still [...]