I was recently becoming a new fan of JP Sears, for his funny, satirical take on life’s topics. If you never heard of him, JP is the author of “How To Be Ultra Spiritual” has a popular YouTube account (366K subscribers and 32M views – and counting) that contains both ‘serious’ and comedy videos. “Satirical…
I love talking about my mistakes publicly. Why? Two reasons: One, so that I keep myself grounded; and two, so that you can learn NOT to make the same mistakes as I do. Don’t get me wrong: I’m a big fan of failing. Failing is good – but only if you learn from it. To…
Visionaries often get the crappy end of the stick when it comes to getting credit for the impact they have on their respective companies. This happens everywhere – at big and small companies, including startups. At least until they’ve ascended to the god-like greatness of Steve Jobs and other Silicon Valley standouts. The road traveled…
Managing a startup can be overwhelming at the best of times. Fifty percent of new startups fail inside the first year. It’s estimated that of the remaining who survive this milestone, some ninety-five percent will fail before year five hits (source). That’s business though. From conception, to your first successes, right on to your first…
I was reading this Fortune’s article about the growing list of startup scandals, and I was surprised to learn some facts about the scandalous startups. I knew about the Theranos’ involvement in selling tests which were actually rarely work. I also knew about Jessica Alba’s The Honest Company, which allegedly “mislabel” its products. But reading…
Startups are in a tough predicament when it comes to tech purchases. On one hand, modern smart technology, laptops, PCs, and essential (or very helpful) software are paramount to running a thriving business. However, you start to ride a very slippery slope quite quickly if these purchases get out of hand. Profits need to come…
The trend is confirmed: Regardless of the very low startup success rate, budding entrepreneurs are rushing into the world of business like there’s a gold mine in sight. While it’s true that the opportunities are there, most of startups won’t struck gold at the end. But why entrepreneurs are still doing it even though the…
I have no f***ing idea. So, there you go – Slack‘s Founder Stewart Butterfield has given his answer to the question why Slack has explosive growth. Has this post concluded? No, not yet. I want to dig deeper on his answer. Is it just pure luck? I know that startup involves some level of the…
From conception to launch, there’s nothing easy about being a startup founder. The road will likely be arduous. Few people will help you at first. If history is any lesson, there will be many failures followed (hopefully) by a few smashing successes. Following are 6 questions you need to ask yourself, starting when the first…
Remember the Concorde? The passenger aircraft can fly at supersonic speed (twice the speed of sound – or Mach 2.) If you don’t know how fast it is, it’s about 1,354 mph – more than twice the speed of today’s typical passenger aircraft. So, to put it simply, consider this illustration: Flying from London to…
