Jul 12, 20193 minHiding in your Comfort Zone?Are you Hiding in your Comfort Zone this Summer? It’s summertime. That means it’s time for us to do some unusual things; things that we...
Mar 3, 20192 minA Pitch is Not What you ThinkMost entrepreneurs think that pitching is something you do in an elevator or to win a competition. While these are indeed 2 types of...
Jan 21, 20192 minThe Only Way an Entrepreneur can FailAs an entrepreneur, there is really only one way to fail. But before I tell you how, let me define what I think an entrepreneur is. My...
Dec 30, 20182 minThe Voice of CompassionMy best friend’s wife died recently. Suddenly. Nothing can explain a tragedy like this. But in the midst of bottomless grief and sorrow,...
Dec 24, 20183 minThe Best (free) Gift You Can Ever GiveFor me, Christmas is about giving; giving gifts to express appreciation and gratitude to the people in our lives we care about the most....
Nov 27, 20182 minTo Pitch an Idea, first you must ConnectOne of the biggest reasons why so many pitches fail is that we fail to CONNECT with our listeners. Connection is where it all starts....
Sep 23, 20182 minHow the Voice of Emma González Saved meI felt numb. Yet another cruel shooting in my home country of America. In sunny Florida even. Yet another senseless slaughter of innocent...
Sep 23, 20182 minYour Voice is an Emotional StethoscopeWords on a page can convey meaning. But words that are spoken can move hearts. Your voice belongs to both your body and your mind and it...
Jul 23, 20182 minAs soon as you speak, you will instantly be judgedWith first impressions, your voice is more important than you may realise. It takes less than 1 second for people to judge your...
Mar 13, 20182 minWhat I learned from 3 days of complete silenceWhen I was a rowdy kid (yes, just ask my 4 brothers), my mother would (often) send me to my room. Being forced to sit alone was the...
Mar 9, 20181 minA Silent Retreat: Who are you without your Voice?One of my life’s biggest missions is to help other people to find their voices. Not their singing voices, but their speaking voices....
Jan 23, 20181 minThe Power of PitchingJust before Christmas I competed in the Finals of the Techtour European Venture Contest. Oddly enough, I was one of the category winners...
Nov 21, 20171 minLearn from the Speakers You AdmireI just listened to an old speech by Martin Luther King Jr. from April 4th, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City. It wasn’t his...
Sep 7, 20171 minNaked on StageLast week I did a talk in front of 600 people. I was naked. No colorful Powerpoints, no music, no flashy videos to hide behind. Just me....
Sep 1, 20171 minWords, Dance but no MusicIt’s Friday morning and I’m sitting on a crowded plane in the midst of 8 young men who are headed to Amsterdam for a big weekend...
May 20, 20172 minA Tolerance for Silence Right now I am on an airplane. I’m flying home at 20,000 feet from Kuopio, Finland. I’m decompressing. Imagine a town dropped right in...
Mar 6, 20173 min7 Fatal Voice Mistakes that Entrepreneurs Make when PitchingWhy some of the things you can’t even hear yourself saying may be killing your pitch and ruining your first Impressions In my head I...
Oct 9, 20122 minEntrepreneur Success Factor? Words-Music-DanceMany entrepreneurs struggle. Some fail, yet some entrepreneurs succeed beyond their wildest dreams. What is the difference? What is the...
Jul 25, 20123 minThe Secret to Pitching your Business in 30 secondsIf you can’t tell me in 30 seconds what you do and what you want, then I am not buying, investing or probably even listening any longer...
Jun 12, 20122 minWhat’s Wrong with Positive Thinking?Whenever I talk so enthusiastically about entrepreneurship, a few people really feel the need to correct me. They say that positive...