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Entrepreneurs Need to Learn to Be Good at Sales

Don’t hope that a miracle will happen and your products and services will sell themselves.

Reinventing the Board Meeting

While we’ve reinvented how startups build their companies, startup investors are still having board meetings like it’s the 19th century.

Compensation for directors of startups

As a preliminary matter, Directors can fall into several categories, and compensation is most often tied to those categories.

Turn Your Suggestion Box into an Innovation Engine

"How can this idea be monetized?"

Every company needs to frequently return to its entrepreneurial roots

Many people mistakenly think this trend is all about technology; it’s not.

Viral Marketing For Startups is Not Enough Today

More than just spending, you need to create an "experience" in this digital age which sets you apart from the banner ads, email blasts, and old-school websites out there today.

Has Success Eluded You Because You Eluded Failure?

Why are we so hard on ourselves when we fail?

Groupon ignores wisdom of Silicon Valley

When I met Groupon co-founder and CEO Andrew Mason last year, he wore his "not made in Silicon Valley" badge proudly.

3 Stories Your Business Strategy Depends On

You (and everyone in your organization) want to be able to tell these stories because they’ll help you understand, focus, and manage your business better.

Many of today’s graduates will be tomorrow’s entrepreneurs

First, I would tell them to redefine failure.