It’s business-plan-contest season here in Seattle, and for me that means judging business plans at the University of Washington, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, plus a dozen other schools who have sent teams to the five major competitions at those universities, including the projects from my own Entrepreneurship students at Presidio Graduate School. You’d think that...
Glen Herud wrote: I founded Happy Cow Milk to make a difference. But last week I had to admit to myself that I failed. I made the decision to shut down the business and I faced the hard truth that I haven’t really made any difference at all. So what went wrong? So begins the post mortem of Happy Cow Milk, as told by the founder himself. It’s not an uncommon story. Founder has a dream. ...
Two weeks ago I was in Boston, speaking at the Angel Capital Association, surrounded by many hundreds of fellow startup investors. As is usually the case in such gatherings, the most common word in the room was “exit” as that is the obsession of the modern startup investor. My talk included that word as well, but only in contrast, as it’s title was “Investing without...
What sets Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright Brothers apart?
Simon Sinek explains the answer, using one simple diagram, one key word, and from biology. And this theory matches why mission-driven companies find so much more interest than yet-another tech company. It’s all about the Why.
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