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Might it be Said that the Purpose of an Entrepreneur is to Create Problems?

Tuesday, 18 September 2018 by
The Problem Solution Statement; a core tenet of Lean Startup and Customer Development.  A phrase that conveys to founders and investors alike that the purpose of a startup is to solve a problem; an idea that leads many to believe that a pitch should lay out how the problem is being solved. With most new
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How a Struggling Startup turns into a Successful Business

Tuesday, 04 September 2018 by
You’re here meaning you’re in the great majority of founders who struggle.  According to my last “study” *ahem* of the startup economy, that’s roughly 100% of us.  Imagine that. Yep, we all struggle.  It might be said that the very definition of being an entrepreneur is epitomized in the one who struggles.  It’s our job
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The Cracks of an Entrepreneur

Friday, 24 August 2018 by
OnInnovation Interview: Elon Musk; Creative Commons license to use
In a New York Times interview with David Gelles, James B. Stewart, Jessica Silver-Greenberg, and Kate Kelly, the Times journalists noted that Elon Musk, “choked up multiple times, noting that he nearly missed his brother’s wedding this summer and spent his birthday holed up in Tesla’s offices as the company raced to meet elusive production targets on a crucial new
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How, not just Why, Startups Fail

Friday, 06 April 2018 by
Startup Failures
Article after article, study after study, offers Buzzfeed style insight to why startups fail.  It’s such a popular and frequently recurring tweet that I’ve started chewing on WHY the question of why keeps coming up.   As founders, perhaps we’re asking the wrong question and shouldn’t be seeking to know why but rather how (or, how
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What to Expect: The Week by Week Activities of a Top Tier Startup Incubator

Tuesday, 20 March 2018 by
This question stumbled across my Quora and I was struck by the notion that too many incubators fail to incubate viable companies. I found myself wondering, what does it really mean to be a startup incubator?   Are such programs actually doing something, week after week, so that the founders therein develop something?  Why was the
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How to Start Your Startup – Whether You Need Code or Capital, Start Here.

Monday, 05 March 2018 by
By FAR, the greatest mistake that startup founders make is that they start with the wrong things. They tend to have an assumption or desire about how to solve a problem and they go.  You read that “startup” book that tells all you need to know… you went to a meetup or networking event that
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Early Stage Startups: Sales vs. Marketing

Monday, 13 November 2017 by
It’s that this question of priorities exists that one can appreciate why so many startups fail. For decades, economists have noted that only two things create value in business: innovation and marketing. Everything else is a cost of doing business. Yet… we’re exploring here the notion that Sales is more important. You’ve been led to
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