HIDDEN GEMS IN UNKNOWN PLACES

About 10 minutes into a 3-hour presentation on entrepreneurship in Qatar, on film, just warming up myself and the audience, the handler interrupted to announce that the cars in a certain parking area were about to be towed, and would those car owners please move their...

Always On, Always On

Some of us are still adjusting to all our new gadgets, and we must maintain our sense of humor as we create the manners of the new communication. Now that we have 24/7 access to communication, the technology is not only always on, we are also always on…on call for...

What an early-stage CEO really does (and 10 tasks of the Shadow)

CEOs of early-stage companies rarely have enough bandwidth to handle what is expected of them. And they tend, correctly, to hire CxOs or VPs to handle technology, finance, marketing and sales, and to not hire a COO. This wise CEO is focused on two primary goals:...

Competing for Limited Angel and Venture Capital

Although the number of angel investments in New Hampshire only dropped 2.6% during 2008 (55,480 entrepreneurial ventures receiving funding—2.9 percent less than the 57,120 total ventures in 2007), the amount of funding dropped 26%, declining by nearly $7B to a total...