Recently I was at a dinner with a few successful and experienced serial entrepreneurs and the discussion covered topics such as: How to deal with failure How to assess the caliber of a person you might want to hire How to make sure candid feedback is flowing through the organization, especially from...

I was recently contacted by Seattle 2.0 to be a judge for a new award activity. I was intruiged by the idea and quickly signed up. Of course I was asked to post about the event and help spread the word (the word is below)… Before I get there, I wanted to comment on the interesting observation ...

Everyone who begins the journey of writing a marketing plan usually looks at the Executive Summary section early on in the process. A Marketing Plan Summary is usually 1-3 pages long and the goal is to summarize the entire marketing and possibly sales plan into something digestible by new readers an...

Given today’s extraordinary economic circumstances and the resulting bleak job market, what should fresh Indian college graduates do ? Seek a professional job and stay put or venture out on their own ? Whatever little interest they might have in entrepreneurship is sure to be tested by today&#...

people, Internet, Entrepreneurship Robert Buderi wrote: For entrepreneurs and investors alike, it was a sad day back in January, when Y Combinator founder Paul Graham announced he would stay in Silicon Valley year round and give up splitting his startup incubation activities between Mountain View an...

Did Venture Capitalists mess up Silicon Valley (and startups in general) as much as financial institutions destroyed Wall Street (and big companies)?Think about it: Silicon Valley unemployment is almost at 10%.   Tech giants are proving to be as vulnerable to the downturn as any other firms, and la...

As Social Media joins the mainstream there is a disturbing new trend emerging. Someone who three months ago never even heard of Social Media is now calling themselves an expert. Recently I saw a website offering “Social Media Certification”. This was from someone many in the community ha...

Personal branding is WoW and Final Fantasy; you just don’t know it yet. What is your goal when you’re playing a role playing game?  Your goal is to level up your character, unlock every secret, find every hidden weapon, beat every boss, and ultimately, beat the game with a 100% completion ratin...

I originally wrote this on VentureFiles which is now part of the Technosailor Galaxy of Blogs but as Aaron Brazell, Editor and fearless leader of Technosailor.com said, this post is more relevant than ever when you are trying to keep your business running and growing (even in this economy). I origin...

In a comment Monday Denis asked, “What do the people you hire tell about your leadership style?” The short answer has been around a long time in one form or another. Good leaders (managers) hire people smarter than themselves and don’t feel threatened by people who are better at gi...