What Most Don’t Understand Becoming an Entrepreneur
Monday, 24 June 2019
Becoming. That word. Entrepreneur is a personality trait Startup founder, business owner, inventor, executive… those are titles and roles someone can become. And they’re distinctly different things someone can become. Entrepreneur means you constantly see gaps in the market and move your own resources to create new opportunities. It’s a tendency you have, or don’t. And
- Published in Startups
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The 5 Reasons Investors Pass on Startups
Monday, 10 June 2019
Is it that simple? Let’s try… I’ve explored before HOW startups fail and article after article after article ponders why they fail. I hope we can agree on a simple fact that IF a startup is going to fail, investors would rather not be involved. Yes? So might it be as simple? Investors consider countless
Startups: Marketing Yourself or Hiring a Professional
Monday, 10 June 2019
Marketing is the first, foremost, and most important thing a business does. No market for your idea… nothing for you to do, no? You are doing that, yes? There is no customer, no investor, no partner, no desire, no demand, no co-founder, no support for what you want to do. You keep going? No, if
- Published in Insights / Research, Startups
Justifying Analytics – How Every Business Knows What to Do
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
Not long ago, I shared a tweet that went a bit viral, noting that in our exuberance of things like “Big data” and “Machine Learning,” and through our Education system’s increasing focus on STEM, we’d do well in society to ensure merely that everyone has a basic understand of the data that’s available thanks to
- Published in Advertising, Analytics, Insights / Research
Does a University like Stanford Produce more Successful Startups? This Might be Why
Friday, 05 April 2019
Culture. It all, always, comes down to the culture of community. Why does Silicon Valley produce startups differently than elsewhere? Why does Hollywood have a style and way about their films that really isn’t replicated elsewhere? Why is Arizona State University a “party school” that produces highly social people? As entrepreneurs, we like to THINK
- Published in Austin, Insights / Research, Startups
The Rookie Mistake Investors Make Getting into Venture Capital
Tuesday, 02 April 2019
Venture capital investing is the riskier version of gambling in Las Vegas. Truly. 90% of startups fail. FEW are experienced with discerning any difference between those likely to fail and those not. What’s the rookie mistake in venture capital investing? Being a rookie. Without experience in startups, your odds are against you as much as
- Published in Insights / Research, Startups