entrepreneurs
Startup Visas
Twitter It!By: A Vc
I’m in London for Seedcamp 2009 and I’ve been spending the day with entrepreneurs and technologists from all over europe. It’s a reminder that the world is full of great entrepreneurs and technologists.
I started my day in a board meeting with one of our companies that was started in Europe. It [...]
Plumbing for Joy? Be Your Own Boss
Twitter It!By: SUE SHELLENBARGER/The Wall Street Journal
By economic yardsticks, Roger the Plumber should be feeling pretty low. Roger Peugeot, owner of the 14-employee Overland Park, Kan., plumbing company that bears his name, is part of a sector hit hard by shrunken credit and slumping sales. He has been forced to reduce staff and is battling [...]
Is Miss Nebraska an Entrepreneur?
Twitter It!By: Vivek Wadhwa/Business Week
Sue Drakeford’s production company hosts its own pageants and teaches others to gain the confidence and skills to compete
By Vivek Wadhwa
When Sue Drakeford became the first African-American to represent Nebraska at the Miss USA Pageant in 2001, she saw a great business opportunity. She would start a production company that [...]
Understanding business development
Twitter It!By: Seth Godin
Business Development is a mysterious title for a little discussed function or department in most larger companies. It’s also a great way for an entrepreneur or small business to have fun, create value and make money.
Good business development allows businesses to profit by doing something that is tangential to their core [...]
Should entrepreneurs be more like teenage girls?
Twitter It!By: Jeff Bussgang
Even though I graduated from college (gasp) 18 years ago, I still think about the school season as my annual planning cycle rather than the calendar year. Having three school age kids reinforces this life rhythm.
And so as I was thinking through my personal goals for this coming year, and discussing individual [...]