Let me guess, you were sitting in that coffee shop last week and BOOM that amazing idea popped into your head. You started scribbling it down on that napkin, and can’t stop thinking about it. […]
Two Lessons About Legitimacy in Entrepreneurship
During the Civil War the names of many Southern locations were changed in spelling. Places like Stanton, Virginia where changed to Staunton but still pronounced the same way. This allowed locals to always know who […]
How to Captivate Difficult Investors
Ready to see the stuff they’ll never teach you in business school? Investors are among the most challenging to impress, gain buy-in from, and ultimately to partner with. Let’s talk about how to create a […]
Why Startups Should Give Their Team Members Total Freedom
Traditionally speaking, employees work a strict 9-5 schedule at a physical location. And this works great with traditional businesses that need physical workers doing physical tasks. But for entrepreneurs building digital startups, such as apps […]
Rise of the Millennial Entrepreneurs
There seems to be a lot of talk lately about how millennials are lazy, rude, and unmotivated. Maybe you saw the video that Alexis Bloomer posted that went viral in the past few weeks where […]
4 Factors For Your Business to Succeed
Your business is everything to you, so I thought I’d focus this post on more of a strategic outlook for business owners and entrepreneurs. As we know there are tons of up and down days, […]
4 Steps to Long-Term Sustainable Success in Any Industry
If there was a 5 step plan that would ensure your long-term sustainable success—would you do it? I have learned what it takes to get to a point that I’m confident in my long term […]
How Mark Zuckerberg’s Habits Fooled All of Us and Made Him a Billionaire
Mark Zuckerberg’s habit for wearing gray T-shirt and denim have been fooling us for years and probably for many more years. How? His modest down-to-earth guy-next-door look creates a false perception that a guy this […]
Stop Trying to Find Our One Passion
Too often we hear the seemingly invaluable line ‘find your passion’. On the surface, it sounds right, but if we spend our lives searching for that one thing, the chances of us finding it are […]
The Entrepreneur Rollercoaster
If I could tell you everything that has happened both personally and professionally for me over the past few weeks and months, you would think I’m crazy. Fortunately for you, we don’t have that much […]
5 Lessons From Unicorn Founder Mahbod Moghadam
There is no one better at getting attention for himself than Mahbod Moghadam. Mahbod was one of the founders of RapGenius, a company that went through YCombinator, received money from Ben Horowitz and many other […]
What Business Owners Should Be Thinking from Day One
I meet and connect with a lot of business owners both in person and online. Recently I attended a networking event with a friend of mine and I met every different business owner you could […]