This week I talked with an entrepreneur (no names; no pack drill!) who isn’t happy with the speed with which their business is progressing (come to think of it I’m not sure I’ve ever met an entrepreneur who was happy
Business planning, not business plans
I usually cringe when I hear an entrepreneur or small business owner talking about writing (or worse, being told to write) a business plan. The reason I cringe is that, too often, what people mean by “business plan” is some
Isolation vs. collaboration
In The New York Times’ Sunday Review section (January 15th) the front page opinion article was “The Rise Of the New Groupthink” by Susan Cain. It was subtitled “Collaboration is in. But it may not be conducive to creativity.” As
Would You Want a ‘Fool’ Investing in Your Business?
Recently, in one of the LinkedIn Groups I belong to – Business Owners & Entrepreneurs – Sandra Brevett-Dib posted a link to an article on Forbes.com: ‘Early-Stage Startups Need Friends, Family, and Fools’ by Martin Zwilling. I posted a comment