Founders have three jobs
When I coach entrepreneurs, a part of the conversations centers around the organizations they build. Most of them have never learned that founders don't need to do everything themselves. As a founder and CEO, you really have only three jobs:...
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Next Steps…
I deliberately took a while while to decide how I want to work and where to get involved. I pondered to join a VC (too far away from the business) and looked at direct investments in other people's...
Success of persistent entrepreneurs…
Cem Basman brought this interesting article from Harvard Busines School to my attention: There is a new study out that measures the success of first time entrepreneurs versus repeat entrepreneurs....
What does your company do better?
Whenever I work with web entrepreneurs, the discussion quickly goes onto one point: What is it that your company does better than anybody else? In an era with unprecedented low barriers to entry,...
Business ideas that excite me
Finally getting to talk to people again. Discussing ideas, market developments, the underlying trends, barriers to entry, business areas worth disrupting and all these things just plain fun for me....
Quote of the Day
“Germans will have to drive different cars and live differently, spend more money on food and monthly heating costs and work harder if they want to maintain their standard of living. And most...
Conferences
Just received a nasty comment (anonymous) about unnecessary air travel to conferences. This exactly the point. I have not yet been to great conferences like reboot, SIME, leWeb, Picnic. But the few...
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