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Why a Competitive Analysis is a First Step as a Founder

Thursday, 17 September 2020 by SEO'Brien

There is a trick to entrepreneurship, to starting a venture, that no one really ever talks about. Not sure why they don’t talk about it… perhaps because they don’t understand how to do it… perhaps because everyone is selling something… perhaps because they’ve hired help and it sucked… regardless, I’m going to let you in

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Yes, NOW is a Good Time to Startup

Thursday, 03 September 2020 by SEO'Brien

Nearly three quarters of the way through 2020, and with the world fully settled into the “new normal,” quarantine, “the recession?,” (or whatever it is that we’re calling this strange state of things), it’s still very frequently asked, “Is a time like this good time to start a startup?“ The best time is yesterday. The

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The Stress of Running a Venture Backed Startup

Friday, 17 July 2020 by SEO'Brien

The expectations of investors, the demands of a company now more prominent in the market, but the ease of pressure in having resources available… Being venture backed doesn’t make it more stressful, nor less, it’s a matter of the stage, the expectations, and what that all means to you personally. Startup teams usually change from

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How VCs Make Money: the 2 and 20

Tuesday, 31 March 2020 by SEO'Brien

In downturns in the economy, it’s then that Venture Capital Funds really come to the forefront of our startup communities because it’s then that entrepreneurship shifts from a buyers market to a sellers market. Buyers vs. Seller. Some time ago, I got a little bit of s*** for suggesting that founders think of Venture Capitalists

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Explaining the Importance of Information to a Company

Thursday, 26 March 2020 by SEO'Brien

A bit of what concerns me about society, our economy, is that this topic isn’t FAR more discussed. HOW you explain the importance of information to a company is actually really simple, in my experience. You SHOW how information will impact the business. I simply do this… And then I ask… What caused what happened

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Can the Languages of Love Help us Build Enduring Companies?

Thursday, 06 February 2020 by SEO'Brien

In the mid and late ’90s, a book sparked a new way of thinking about love. Love has been distinguished in it’s various forms, likely since humans fell for it, and notable as far back as the Greek Philosophy that identified Agape (the unconditional love one experiences with family), Eros (you can probably guess), Philia

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The Mental Health Burden of Entrepreneurship

Monday, 16 December 2019 by SEO'Brien

In 1985, management scholar Manfred Kets de Vries wrote in Harvard Business Review, “Entrepreneurs seem to be achievement oriented, like to take responsibility for decisions, and dislike repetitive, routine work. Creative entrepreneurs possess high levels of energy and great degrees of perseverance and imagination, which, combined with willingness to take moderate, calculated risks enable them

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