Many people worry that they missed the opportunity to participate in the Internet revolution. I have often heard that most of the opportunities are already taken and that the incumbents … Continue reading «  »

Most business books cover what it takes for large businesses to get even larger. Very few have covered what it takes to go from $0 to $1 billion in revenues. … Continue reading «  »

The Financial Times ran an amazing story on three French entrepreneurs in Afghanistan. I loved their quote on how you can go skiing if you know how to avoid the … Continue reading «  »

In many ways, I am not a typical entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are often risk taking, creative types who do not do well in the traditional education system or workplace. By contrast, … Continue reading «  »

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea manages a rare feat – it’s a non-fiction story that reads like a thriller! It documents both the story of the SS … Continue reading «  »

I had the pleasure to listen to Steve Case speak at a General Catalyst event in Boston. It was interesting to hear about his early struggles and the importance of … Continue reading «  »

Reading the book, I felt like I was reading about the first two years of almost every startup I have been involved with. The names of the people and product … Continue reading «  »

Entrepreneurs are often risk taking, adventurous individuals. Not surprisingly many of them try things like kite boarding, ice climbing, car racing, flying planes and heli-skiing. According to Sean Tierney, a … Continue reading «  »

This time I am not blogging about how lucky I have been in the past but about how lucky others have been. Paul Kedrosky, a venture capitalist, recently posted the … Continue reading «  »

The conference was interesting with the quality of the debates and presentation on par with anything done in Silicon Valley. If anything the conference showed that France and Europe are … Continue reading «  »

Ron Garret, an LA based venture capitalist, recently posted a hilarious and very true analysis of the top 10 tech entrepreneur myths: Myth #1: A brilliant idea will make you … Continue reading «  »

With apologies the French Internet Entrepreneurs I have not met yet. As part of my whirlwind tour of the world, I spent a few days in Paris last week. On … Continue reading «  »

I have always admired Jeff Bezos as an entrepreneur because he actually did what he set out to do. Many other entrepreneurs who succeeded got lucky. That is not to … Continue reading «  »

A few months ago I wrote about my 9 business selection criteria for evaluating business ideas. After some deliberation, I have decided to relax the selection process. Specifically, as long … Continue reading «  »

In a recent interesting book “The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (a Lot of) Success in America” author John D. Gartner, an assistant professor of psychiatry … Continue reading «  »