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So what is the key entrepreneurial trait that differentiates the other 10 percent? No, it is not that these entrepreneurs are smarter,...

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...

So why do they bother to do this? Does mental practice really affect performance? Is this just silly “positive thinking” jargon or does...

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...

All mothers think that their babies are beautiful. OK, if not really beautiful, then certainly much more special than all the others…...

In the world of sports it has long been a quest to pick the future champions from among the young. There are DNA tests, muscle tests,...

In 1900 automobiles existed and most people had seen them, but they were very expensive and available only for the very rich. Henry Ford...

I had an email exchange with a business associate last night. What started as a work discussion, emerged into a dialog about life and...

Jury members will select a winner in each of the 3 categories of cleantech, life sciences, and ICT. From the top 3 companies, 1 overall...

At the event I listened to 12 startup entrepreneurs pitch their companies to a panel of judges representing venture companies. Most of...

I immediately wanted to change the T-Shirt to read: If you are so smart, why haven’t you changed more lives? Why haven’t you helped more...

When a business ends up in a crisis, it is usually because they fail to pay attention to the smoke signals. Most of the time the signals...

Over the last 24 hours I have had 2 encounters with remarkable men. Both related to my last blog entry regarding how to handle a crisis....

Now before you all start to worry that I am about to throw in the towel, shipwreck the business and go take a job flipping hamburgers at...

Today I held a speech for approx. 250 small business leaders from an association in Norway called Growth Companies (Vekstbedriftene)....

I was a speaker at a venture event in Trento this week that was sponsored by the local government and businesses. This region is making a...

Are Entrepreneurs Losers? Today I will be speaking at a venture event in Trento, Italy. There will be 20-30 startup entrepreneurs who...

Being a successful entrepreneur is no different. It’s the inner game that is the greatest challenge, not the external factors that are...

This weekend I read about Joseph Schumpeter, a Czech economist who was a professor at Harvard for over 30 years. His theory was that...

Breaking the sound barrier When working with a startup business there are times to go slow, to create strategies, to contemplate and to...