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5 Key Skills for Successful Serial Entrepreneurs
I just finished leading a 3-day workshop in Toulouse, France for 15 entrepreneurs from the incubators and technology centres of the...
Oct 1, 20112 min read


A Three Minute Course in LEADERSHIP
Whether you are creating a business or creating an amazing life, you can benefit from thinking like an entrepreneur and by taking...
May 15, 20111 min read


DARING TO DREAM – The Entrepreneur Mindset
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving...
May 10, 20112 min read


VCs are from Mars, Entrepreneurs are from Venus
John Gray’s book Men are from Mars has the subtitle ”The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex”. To some entrepreneurs,...
Mar 28, 20113 min read


Inspiration – What is your calling?
I believe that we all have something special to offer this world. No matter who you are… No matter what skills you possess or don’t...
Mar 17, 20112 min read


Fall in Love with your Market, not with your Technology
Why do so many early-stage technology companies struggle? One reason is that they fall in love with their technology. Many entrepreneurs...
Mar 1, 20112 min read


Kill the Cow
What will Norway live from when the North Sea oil wells run dry? I believe that some answers lie in empowering young entrepreneurs. The...
Nov 22, 20102 min read


Entrepreneur Self Sabotage
We all have 2 different minds. One is logical, the other is emotional and they don’t always agree with each other. Sometimes they will do...
Nov 18, 20102 min read


Great Networking Trick
Last week I accidentally discovered a great new networking trick. I was attending a lecture on Entrepreneurship in Norway. I walked into...
Oct 25, 20103 min read


Marathon Man for Startups
Have you seen the old movie called Marathon Man? Dustin Hoffmann plays the part of an amateur marathon runner who gets mixed up with a...
Aug 3, 20102 min read


Am I crazy to be an entrepreneur?
I woke up this morning and my first thought was that “I am crazy”! Stark, raving, mad, lunatic crazy. It was all triggered by an argument...
Apr 7, 20102 min read


Personal Ad: Great Technology Seeks Sexy Problem to Solve
You would not believe how many times I have met brilliant entrepreneurs with amazing, cutting-edge technologies who are clueless about...
Mar 16, 20102 min read
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