Entrepreneur

Keys to Success: Funding

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

A topic top of mind for any starving entrepreneur is the funding of the venture. In this post, I will try to cover some of the more straightforward options. 1. Self-funding: If you are employed, or have any sort of income, some of that can be used to fund your idea. Depending on your circumstance, [...]

Back up. What the feed are you talking about?

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

To all those who’ve been writing recently about the future of the web and where it’s going next, I say, “hold on a second.” I’m not sure that everyone knows where we’re at. I’m not sure everyone knows what’s been created so far. I think there are a lot of basic, valuable tools that are [...]

Dealing with Constraints

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

I think it was Mark Cuban that once said that entrepreneurs have to learn to succeed “in spite of everything.” (If it wasn’t Mark Cuban, well, Mark Cuban’s probably said something similar at some point so we’ll just go with it). Being successful “in spite of” is key to the way we view success. While [...]

Keys To Success: The Business Plan

Monday, May 19th, 2008

For many entrepreneurs, the business plan is seen as the missing link between starving and thriving. I think this is only sometimes true, as I will try to explore in this post. 1. Business plan = business success. I think any endeavor will fail without a at least some planning, but a polished business plan [...]

Muhammud Yunus, A Real Entrepreneur

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

This post was largely written months ago before Enter Venture was launched. While this post is a bit removed from the event it tries to represent, I decided to post this piece anyways. Muhammad Yunus is an amazing entrepreneur. On January 23rd, I was fortunate enough to listen to a talk by Muhammad Yunus, one [...]