From Inc Mag “A Stanford Business School professor concedes that biz schools often kill the passion and creativity of students. So should you avoid higher ed? Business schools get a lot of flak, mostly for their exorbitant cost, but also due to a feeling among some in the world of entrepreneurship that the experience is [...]
Archive for the ‘Entrepreneurship’ Category
B School as downer
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Fun, Venture Capital on January 30, 2012 |
Startup Capital: Feast or Famine
Posted in Angel Investor, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital on January 23, 2012 |
Is there too little risk capital for entrepreneurs? We hear this a lot and we generally agree that the answer is yes. Great post from here. Summarized below. For years there has been a pervasive opinion across the entrepreneurial landscape that the US has a shortage of capital required to startup and grow new ventures. [...]
State of Entrepreneurship Address
Posted in Economy, Entrepreneurship on January 23, 2012 |
The third annual State of Entrepreneurship Address, “A Roadmap for State Growth,” will be presented by Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, who will discuss effective, low-cost ways of promoting entrepreneurship and innovation at the state level. Lunch and a panel featuring state policy experts, including two governors, will follow. Event will [...]
Kauffman Economic Blogger Survey Q4 2011
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Small Business on January 23, 2012 |
The Kauffman Foundation posted its Fourth Quarter 2011 survey of leading economic bloggers as a means of gaining inside perspective on the direction of the U.S. economy. You can download the report here in PDF. Economics bloggers are pessimistic in their outlook on the U.S. economy with 96 percent believing economic conditions are mixed, facing [...]
Millionaire Tax Impact on Entrepreneurs?
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Small Business on January 20, 2012 |
Would small business owners would be impacted by tax increases on those earning more than a million dollars? It is well know that the vast majority of U.S. millionaires have some ownership in a business of some sort. Most derive a large portion of their wealth from from a private business. A study by the [...]
Startup Tips from Walt Disney
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Small Business on January 20, 2012 |
Great advice to entrepreneurs from one of the most successful startups ever. See the full piece here. 1. Pressure Helps You Break Through Your Breakdowns. According to Disney: “Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business [...]
Why are Cheap Startups so Expensive?
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, tagged startup, VC, Venture Capital on January 13, 2012 |
From Reuters here. Why are Cheap Startups so Expensive? Because there is too much money. “Starting up a Web company is never easy, but at least it’s not as expensive as it used to be. Instead of buying and maintaining an IT infrastructure, as they had to do in the dotcom boom, startups now turn [...]
Why Accountants Don’t Run Startups
Posted in Entrepreneurship, tagged entrepreneur, startup on January 13, 2012 |
Informative and entertaining presentation here.
Pinned
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, tagged entrepreneur, startup, VC, Venture Capital on January 13, 2012 |
My kids use this site. Maybe it’s a disconnect between guys and girls, but I just don’t get the site or the business model. This company raised $40 million of VC for a site with no visible means of generating revenues. Bubble? From VentureBeat here: “Move over Google+ and Tumblr, there’s a new star in [...]
Best Entrepreneur Interviews
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, tagged entrepreneur, VC on December 31, 2011 |
The list of the “100 Must See Interviews with the World’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs” with links to the interviews from Under30CEO are here. This is great for airport downtime. There is a mixed bag here but overall a pretty solid grouping of household name successes. Lots of the usual suspects (Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Larry [...]
Va Cap Partners’ Twitter
- Nick Beim, GP at Matrix, discusses VC environment and outlook for Internet startups. "http://bloom.bg/z0MWvM 3 months ago
- Great interactive map of US showing shadow housing inventory by county. bit.ly/wKRtFk 3 months ago
- BB&T filing says Dodd-Frank may materially adversely affect BB&T’s business, financial condition or results of operations 3 months ago
Fred’s Twitter
- In Seattle for series of meetings with Matt Austin 2 months ago
- Classic Hemingway quote: "How do you go bankrupt? Two ways, gradually and then suddenly"...reminded me of Greece. 2 months ago
- Attending Diabetic Complications Consortium symposia in Boston. So out of place I feel like Forest Gump. 2 months ago
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