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Leap of Faith: What to Consider When Launching a Business
When dealing with uncertainty and stepping up into the unknown, you never fully know what you are signing up for in life when you leave your comfort zone. Launching a company is no exception to this....
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Choosing the Right Startup Business Partner
Over the years, my partners and I have helped many first-time entrepreneurs start their own businesses. We’ve watched as some of those businesses became wildly successful. Unfortunately, we’ve seen...
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Interview with SendGrid Co-Founder and President Isaac Saldana
At the start of the month SendGrid announced it has raised over $20m series C round funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Foundry Group. SendGrid has also recently reached...
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One Learned Skill Contributes to Success More Than Any Other
The CEOs of the fastest-growing companies in America have a single, learned attribute that makes them more successful than anyone else. You can learn it too. For decades while helping founders build...
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Should you hire a MacGyver or a James Bond for your startup
A few days ago I was listening through Sam Altman’s startup classes at Stanford and Sam said: So, you’re looking for cofounders that need to be unflappable, tough, they know what to do in every...
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There’s no slowing the attack of startup clones
It is not just China that likes to clone things these days, Europe seems to be pretty good at it too. For decades many successful US business models and ideas – even prior to the internet – found...
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What is an Entrepreneur? The Ultimate Definition
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an “entrepreneur” as: “one who organizes, manages and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise”. Really? I am left completely underwhelmed, as this...
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The Five Stages of Entrepreneurial Grief
For twenty years, I’ve owned and operated a small business. That entire time, I’ve also been building a career as a novelist. Which means, basically, that I run two businesses, each with their own...
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What makes Elon Musk one of the best entrepreneurs on (and off) the planet.
Recently Elon Musk announced his latest innovation the “Powerwall” – a battery pack that effectively takes your home off the grid and onto renewable energy. This is the latest in a long line of...
View ArticleTwo years on: 4 more startup lessons learned
Two years ago this week, myself and my co-founder Ian embarked on an exciting journey into the unknown, as we incorporated our new “tech-for-good” startup Fluency at Companies House and shortly...
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