Archive for August 2015
Reflecting on Dragon Army’s two year anniversary
In August of 2013, Ryan, David, and I founded Dragon Army, then a consumer-focused mobile game and app studio based in the Atlanta Tech Village. Ryan, Richard, and I, on day one at Dragon Army at the Atlanta Tech Village Two years later, we’re a team of 25, located on the backside of Piedmont Park, and our…
Read More7 steps to starting a company in 2 years for 20-year-olds
What would you do if you were a 20-year-old today that ultimately wanted to start his/her own business? I heard this question asked on a podcast I was listening to last week, and I started to think about how I would answer it. My own personal experience is that at 20 I was in college,…
Read MoreListen up everyone, the land is that way!
Following up on my last post, If you aren’t experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it, there is another quote from the book, Creativity Inc., that extends the boat analogy: The director’s job is to say, “Land is that way.” Maybe land actually…
Read MoreIf you aren’t experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it.
The better, more subtle interpretation is that failure is a manifestation of learning and exploration. If you aren’t experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it. And, for leaders especially, this strategy—trying to avoid failure by out-thinking it—dooms you to fail. As Andrew…
Read MoreDoes an entrepreneur have to be willing to risk personal debt?
BW asked this question on my recent blog post, Ten Requirements of Successful Entrepreneurs: Nice post Jeff. I’m curious if you believe, as an entrepreneur, you have to be comfortable with going into personal debt. This has been a big deterrent among people I know that I believe are otherwise cut out to be entrepreneurs.…
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