Archive for February 2015
Donating my birthday to build a home for a family in need #newstorycharity
I come into contact with startups all the time. Through speaking events (like this one I’m hosting next Monday night with Charles Brewer), hanging out at the Atlanta Tech Village, advising/mentoring through Advice For Good, or just generally hanging out where startup folks hang out. The startups that I’m always amazed by are the ones run by…
Read More14 of my favorite business concepts from the Pixar book, Creativity Inc.
Creativity Inc. was the first book I finished in 2015 in my attempt to read more books this year (its one of my “resolutions”.) 12 books would be a good number, if I can get there. I just finished my second book, Same Kind of Different As Me (and if you happen to be like me and have…
Read MoreGoing deskless
As many may know, I swore off having my own office years ago (2010 to be exact). Main reason: I felt disconnected from the company. Personally, I think the idea of taking your highest performing and most experienced people, and rewarding them by stuffing them into an office, is completely counter-intuitive. I want my team…
Read MoreMaking your weaknesses your strengths
I was meeting with an entrepreneur recently and we were talking about tv shows, and he shared with me that because he has an addictive personality, he is very thoughtful about when he watches a tv show. For instance, if he started watching The Wire (on his list, and it should be on yours!), he wouldn’t…
Read More4 questions answered by successful entrepreneurs: Part 4
One of the participants in Advice For Good, after donating an hour of time to a charity and then blogging about it on the AFG website, asked me if she could ask the list of advisors four questions to help her with her startup. What a great way to use the AFG community! Because each question has many answers, I’ll share…
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