Entrepreneurship
All human beings are entrepreneurs
All human beings are entrepreneurs. When we were in the caves, we were all self-employed … finding our food, feeding ourselves. That’s where human history began. As civilization came, we suppressed it. We became “labor” because they stamped us, “You are labor.” We forgot that we are entrepreneurs. – Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner…
Read MoreWhat’s your four minute mile?
I had the opportunity on Wednesday to attend Startup Riot and while there, I saw Kyle Porter present about his company, SalesLoft. He did a great job and won second place! Seeing Kyle present reminded me of his blog and of a post that I really liked, What’s your four minute mile? Companies often will…
Read MoreQuestion: Who comes first, employees or customers?
A hero* that I know asked me this question via email and I thought I’d answer this publicly as its something I care deeply about. He asked: I’ve been thinking about something lately. I would imagine when you first started your business you were extremely focused on building your customer base and didn’t really have…
Read MoreWhat do you want to be when you grow up? The president, an astronaut or…an entrepreneur?!
Last week I went to a school in Roswell, Georgia, to teach a middle school class about entrepreneurship. This was through Junior Achievement’s “JA in a Day” program. I sit on Junior Achievement of Georgia’s board, and “JA in a Day” is a great program. So I spent half a day with a class of about…
Read MoreInnovators vs Copiers
@ktmel passed me and @nicola_smith22 this article that talks about the role of innovators vs. copiers in today’s world. Specifically, it says: What’s happening is that we might, in fact, be at a time in our history where we’re being domesticated by these great big societal things, such as Facebook and the Internet. We’re being…
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