To me, curiosity is a “must have” skill for an Entrepreneur. Simply put, it’s the most important of the four “Personal Brilliance” elements by Jim Canterucci — you can’t solve problems or find opportunities if you don’t ask questions. Listen to why I think it’s important to save time and build teams while you’re curious. [...]
The quote “…I wouldn’t have the chance to work with the incredible employees and mentors from whom I learned so much.” in Eric Ries’ blog post on Lessons Learned about 10 years of E got me thinking about how important having a great teams are to success as an E. If you don’t build a [...]
I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by Jim Canterucci, author of “Personal Brilliance” and noted leadership and change management expert. The first of four excerpts, “Personal Brilliance – Awareness”, can be found here. Awareness, especially “self-awareness”, is my #1 “brilliant” strength an entrepreneur. I know what I am good at and what I’m not [...]
Let ‘em eat cake! Whoops…looks like they already have! Just kidding, my venture brethren. It is nice to hear VC’s are listening / learning about themselves (as an industry). By the way, no mention of bald? The picture clearly shows…ok…so does mine! (But you can’t tell if I’m fat…ha ha!)
This is a WOW! I’m not rooting for/against either … only value in the marketplace for my PC friends. I’m on a Mac, no worries. Wait…ahh…may Apple be next?! Google to offer a PC Operating System.
Pulling together our “E” Team at ShareOnce from people/talent in Austin, Ireland, NY/NYC, Ohio, and Nebraska. Can we do this!? Following gs2p and lean startup principles by Eric Ries. We’ll find out but I like our chances.
I have to say, I am pleased with David’s (@AuthorizeNet on Twitter) active engagement on our issue at ShareOnce.com. I’m not sure where/why/how the ball got dropped or if this is just standard operating procedure during sales/sign up. I’m only interested in getting this up and running ASAP and David has helped make that happen. [...]
For some background, search “AuthorizeNet” on Twitter…you are on Twitter, aren’t you? I thought it would be interesting to provide a real-world, real-time view of what startups and product launches (and most every other busy business on the planet) goes through. I will be posting on this issue until it is resolved so stay tuned [...]
Be clear about the give BEFORE the get; answer “What’s in it for me?” (WIIFM) from your audience’s perspective before you make the pitch. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY] Thank you to Scofield Editorial who produced this video and to “The Agency Blog” where I first found it. Life is short. Get straight to the Point! James
