Making the most of any situation
I did a workshop this week in Palermo, Italy for a group of MBA students and startup companies at the ARCA Technology Incubator. Palermo...
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Quickminds Blog
- Sep 17, 2010
- 2 min
More Serial Entrepreneurs?
Yesterday I led a workshop for 20 young entrepreneurs in Dusseldorf, Germany. I asked them if they knew the expression “serial...
- Sep 12, 2010
- 2 min
Fake It or Be Yourself?
Dare to be yourself. Sometimes we are so intent on pleasing the people we meet that we forget to be who we are. Good networking skills...
- Aug 23, 2010
- 3 min
Connecting the Dots
Like most children, I loved drawing Connect the Dots pictures. I can envision myself staring at a new and particularly complex page of...
- Aug 13, 2010
- 2 min
Celebrate Your Failures
Last week Google announced that their product called WAVE would be dropped, just 6 months after its birth. What was interesting about...
- Aug 3, 2010
- 2 min
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...
- Apr 7, 2010
- 2 min
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...
- Mar 16, 2010
- 2 min
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...
- Feb 27, 2010
- 2 min
It is hard to change just a little. Easier to change a lot.
To succeed as an entrepreneur you have to pay attention. You must pay close attention to what is going on around you – to your company,...
- Feb 22, 2010
- 3 min
Are you Marketing to Hunters or Farmers?
I was reviewing a marketing plan for a startup company the other day when I suddenly got a flash of insight and understanding. This...
- Feb 16, 2010
- 3 min
Laid-off?… then Become An Entrepreneur
These days, the workers in the Northeast of England have the feeling that things have not been worse since the famine and plagues of the...
- Feb 11, 2010
- 3 min
USA passes Educating Entrepreneurs bill
“Every $1 dollar invested in this program will put $2.87 into the national treasury” – N.Velazquez (US State Representative) “The...
- Feb 9, 2010
- 3 min
Coaching Athletes vs. Coaching Entrepreneurs
All professional athletes have coaches. No serious competitor would attempt to compete at peak level without one. A coach is not just...
- Feb 3, 2010
- 4 min
The Most Common Mistakes that Startup Companies Make
Success is the result of Good Judgment Good Judgment is the result of Experience Experience is the result of Bad Judgment Have I learned...
- Jan 30, 2010
- 2 min
Daring to take the first step
This video shows the winner of “Ukraine ‘s Got Talent”, Kseniya Simonova, age 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand...
- Jan 19, 2010
- 2 min
The Entrepreneur Mad Hatter
In order to keep my business afloat I need to be skilled with a number of different tasks such as: Marketing (including web, CMS,...
- Jan 7, 2010
- 2 min
What every entrepreneur should learn from Abraham Lincoln
So what is the key entrepreneurial trait that differentiates the other 10 percent? No, it is not that these entrepreneurs are smarter,...
- Dec 22, 2009
- 3 min
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
If you are an entrepreneur, then be bold. Don’t settle for a safe and easy startup. They usually die. Don’t be afraid to tackle the...
- Dec 10, 2009
- 2 min
The perfect ski run
So why do they bother to do this? Does mental practice really affect performance? Is this just silly “positive thinking” jargon or does...
- Dec 4, 2009
- 1 min
Starting at the End
Do you want to know how to turn this around? Start at the end. Almost any problem is just a temporary condition. Any situation can be...
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