Entrepreneurship
10 things I wish I knew 10 years ago #blindpost
This is a #blindpost recommendation from my friend, Vlad, based on this Linkedin post. I’ve done one similar to this before, but its always an interesting exercise to think about the past and reflect on what you might have done differently. 10 things I wish I knew 10 years ago 10 years ago (2004) I…
Read MoreWith startups, the runway is often more important than the plane
Startups and new businesses take time. They often take much longer than the CEO every thought to reach any measure of success. And of course, a bad idea is still a bad idea no matter how much time is allotted for it, but a good idea often needs a great deal of time to realize its…
Read MoreA close call that we avoided thanks to our advisory board.
I’ve had many close calls over my career, with a great many of them coming while running my first company, Spunlogic. Several of those near-misses were the result of advice from our amazing advisory board – Bill, Ken, James, William, and Mike. It was 2005 and we were 25 people, up from half that the…
Read MoreAdvice on building and selling a business #podcast
A little while back I was on a Jason Swenk podcast where we discussed selling a business. I talked about building Spunlogic from two guys in a dorm room to selling to Engauge ten years later, and then building Engauge for five years until we sold that business last August. Jason does a great job…
Read More5 Questions For a CEO: James Yancey, CloudTags
This is the tenth installment of my “5 Questions for a CEO” series. The list so far: Raymond King, Zoo Atlanta Devon Wijesinghe, Insightpool Mark Feinberg, Uruut Simms Jenkins, BrightWave Marketing Rob Kischuk, PerfectPost Kyle Porter, SalesLoft Brett Jacobsen, Mount Vernon Presbyterian School Jacqui Chew, iFusion Marketing Joe Koufman, AgencySparks This is an exciting CEO series…
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