Entrepreneurs love to point to the success of "self-made" people like Bill Gates as proof that hard work, solid ideas and solid execution are the most important factors for success.
But is that really true?
Malcolm Gladwell, the ...READ»
I came across a great post by Umair Haque over at Harvard Business Publishing titled How to Build a Next-Gen Business Now.
He lays out five steps to build such a business but it was the fifth step that caught my attention because it ...READ»
Every entrepreneur has had some person laugh at their idea, but few have had thousands or hundreds of thousands laugh at their idea.
I personally know someone who had the chance to invest in MTV at the inception but laughed at ...READ»
I am currently in Jamaica and was invited on Tuesday to be a guest lecturer at the H.E.A.R.T. VTDI in Kingston by Dennis Howard, the UWI lecturer who brought me down in February to speak at the Global Reggae Conference.
It was a ...READ»
In the book The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur that I recently endorsed, Mike Michalowicz speaks early on about the importance of visualizing your goal before setting out to achieve it.
He quotes Bob Marley as the best example of ...READ»
I recently picked up Finding An Angel Investor in a Day to see what kind of advice was in there and to get additional info on term sheets.
I found the following breakdown very interesting: Three Types of ...READ»
The 3rd quarter has started nicely - The entrepreneurship book I endorsed is on sale and doing well, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, we have a meeting with a potential investor on Sunday who approached us and I am in Inc. magazine's ...READ»
As much as I am supporting Barack Obama this year and believe that the Republicans have screwed America with their de-regulation mantra and "deficits don't matter" approach, I call it as I see it.Every person who is trying ...READ»
It seems normal for humans to become slaves to their wants and desires but we have to overcome those, especially in business.
I was able to overcome many of mine (especially the desire to be liked by lots of people) thanks to ...READ»
The heading of this blog post was what Deborah Meyer, the Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Chrysler had to say during her presentation at MIXX in New York City on Monday.
Her presentation was focused on ...READ»
Entrepreneurs are always looking for capital to grow their business or build the foundation of their venture. Most people raise money from family and friends, then borrow against their house or use credit cards.
That is not ...READ»
Yesterday evening my wife and I discovered an Asian boutique store in our mall and grabbed a copy of the Chinese Uncut version of 'The Forbidden Kingdom' starring Jackie Chan and Jet Li (I collect Hong Kong movies and have over 45 ...READ»
If you have been following the news, you must know about the trials and tribulations of Wall Street firms. Sub-prime losses continue to wreak havoc and all their Ivy League MBAs aren't saving them.Some people actually believe that ...READ»
I am following TechCrunch50 (TC50), the event for startups put on by popular tech blog TechCrunch. A friend of mine, Ryan Coleman, engaged me in discussion about Yammer.com by asking me what I thought of it.
What is Yammer? ...READ»
We have two presentations to potential investors coming up this month and I wish I could send them this article beforehand (or that they read it on their own):
Report: Hulu a more successful business than ...READ»
Since Comcast announced in the USA that it would start capping bandwidth usage by residential customers to 250gb per month, there have been lots of discussions about how this will affect people and why these companies are doing this ...READ»
Most people know the fairy tale about the goose that laid golden eggs, but there is another fairy tale about a goose with golden feathers.
You can read the full tale here
The basic story is that 3 brothers wanted to chop ...READ»
Today, TechCrunch reported about the ruling in a case against video site Veoh: What The Veoh Decision Means For YouTube and Others.
Even though I do not run a video-sharing website (we do not allow users to upload video), I ...READ»
This post is inspired by a book I just finished reading: How To Be A Creative Genius (in five minutes or less). Gary Unger, the author, sent me a signed copy after he wrote about me on his blog for taking Guy Kawasaki's advice and ...READ»
The Washington Post recently carried an article about Pandora's struggle to stay alive. The article raises some serious questions about the people running record labels.
Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its 'Last ...READ»
BusinessWeek has a great article that is bound to be very popular - The Trouble With Twitter.
The article points out real issues with the service which doesn't seem to have a business model (GigaOm posited that maybe they ...READ»
Naturally as a Jamaican I am even prouder than normal with our achievements track and field at the Olympics so far.
Usain Bolt simply demolished the 100m world record, set by Jamaican-Canadian Donovan Bailey years ago. Then, ...READ»
Gary Unger, an author and advertising consultant who has worked on campaigns for the NBA, General Motors and other major clients chose to feature me in his first post for a series on his blog called the "Being Yourself ...READ»
This cartoon summarises the concept very well - The Online Business Model To Get VC Money
Web ventures backed by VCs are notorious for focusing predominantly on acquiring users first and leaving revenue on the back burner ...READ»
This week has been tougher than usual so far, mainly because I have been unable to find the time to do some key tasks - like porting over Realvibez videos to our new video player since Brightcove decided to screw us over.
I have ...READ»
