Why not having a “good business idea” doesn’t matter at all (and what...
Avoiding entrepreneurship because you don’t have a good startup idea? I reached out to some of my new subscribers over the weekend, and asked them what their biggest obstacle to entrepreneurship was....
View ArticleWhat Gossip Girl taught me about entrepreneurship
What can a primetime TV show about the drama-infused social lives of 20 year olds living in the Upper East Side whose great-great grandparents had so much money that they don’t need jobs teach about...
View Article2013- The Year of Focus and Getting Started
It’s December 31, 2013… You’re sitting with friends, anxiously waiting for the ball to drop. You’re laughing over a bottle of champagne, and your mind flips back to today…January 3, 2013… Because you...
View Article3 Surprisingly Simple Steps to Overcoming Fear of Entrepreneurship
We’re always afraid of our first time: Our first time driving Our first time giving a speech Our first time…you know… But somehow, with all (hopefully!) of these things, we overcame our fears, and...
View ArticleThe #1 Worst Reason to Want to be an Entrepreneur- Is it yours?
Do you want to be an entrepreneur for the most fatal, most killer reason out there? When I first chose to eschew the prospects of a standard 9-5 career and nosedive directly into entrepreneurship, I...
View ArticleWhy you’re dumb if you don’t have mentors
One of the dumbest things you can do is to go it alone when you start your business. No, I’m not necessarily talking about business partners (though your life is so much easier if you can find good...
View ArticleDo this to get kickass mentors to help you with your venture
A couple weeks ago I berated my readers for not having mentors to help them through the trials and tribulations of starting a business. What I didn’t talk about, though, was how to get kickass mentors...
View ArticleIf your first business venture is innovative, you’re doing something wrong
Starting a business for the first time? What’s your business idea?… a tech startup? A product that will completely change the world? A “Yelp for geriatrics”? Before you get too excited, I must warn...
View ArticleThe #1 mistake to avoid when coming up with business ideas [The...
This article is Part 1 in The Entrepreneur’s Manifesto: 6 Simple Techniques to Startup Mastery. Gather ’round the campfire my dear friends, for today, we begin our hero’s journey down the road of...
View ArticleHow to know if you can actually execute your business idea [The...
Note: This article is written mostly from the perspective of tech startups because the comparisons I make are easy to explain from this vantage point. In reality, this applies to any business venture....
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