Funding and Building your Business

Writing a traditional business plan is usually precipitated by one of two thoughts:

As I’ve said before, there is no substitute for building your network, or using your network of trusted advisors.

The real entrepreneurs I know are good at overcoming both people problems and business obstacles, and get satisfaction from the challenge.

The good news is that all of these principles of leadership are learnable.

While we’re only three months into the Codinization Project, I am already noticing the impact the project is making. The dialogue and questions I am hearing from both the "learning" and "mentoring" sides has been inspiring to me. Technical and non-technical employees are enjoying working together to help raise the company’s collective product knowledge and understanding.

Look for these and nurture them in your own context to improve the odds of success for your own startup:

His approach to leading a company is perhaps best understood as a sort of performance art–less about the bottom line than about providing a road map for future entrepreneurs.

The question whether to form an LLC or LLP doesn’t have to be complicated once you understand how these two entities are created, who can create them, and what legal protections and tax benefits they offer.

There are many ‘experts’ out there telling you how to do it, or even offering their services. But very few are talking about how to measure your results, and the right metrics for optimizing your marketing environment.

Thinking in a non-native language seems to make people more rational.