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How to Test Your Business Like a Mad Scientist
Disclaimer: This is a super long post admittedly but meant to be a roadmap for your experiments. So here is the TLDR version aka the PDF of the…
Continue readingStirring Up Entrepreneurship in Your City
Last week I had the opportunity to meet one of my startup heroes — Brad Feld, co-founder of the Boulder-based startup accelerator TechStars. He was in Oklahoma City…
Continue readingWhy Do You Really Want to Start a Business?
I’ve been reflecting on the answer to that question myself. (And would like to hear your answer to it in the Lab forum here.) As the Lab has…
Continue readingThe Lab Opens Sept. 29
It’s been months in the making, but the official grand opening of the Entrepreneurship Lab will kickoff with 5 essential training webinars, the first three starting on Saturday, Sept.…
Continue readingYour First Three Critical Startup Partners
Looking back on almost 5 years of full-time entrepreneurship, these are the first three critical startup partners I would suggest when getting started with a startup. 1. Significant…
Continue readingWhat Successful Startups Do and Never Stop Doing
I saw a tweet today with a blurb to this Forbes post titled Unsolicited Advice to the New Yahoo! CEO and this quote in particular stood out to…
Continue readingThe 6+ Key Ingredients for Startup Success
For an interview profile of our new startup accelerator in Oklahoma where I have volunteered to be a mentor, I was asked this question for a profile post:…
Continue readingWhat Should You Stop, Start or Continue?
As a part of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, an amazing organization of entrepreneur peers that I’ve been a part of since 2011, I recently went to our new board’s Strategy…
Continue reading6 Ways to Combat Anger and Bitterness
My business coach Michael Smith of iMentorLeaders.com says, “Anger and frustration come from unmet expectations.” It’s solid truth to know as you start or grow a business. Ever…
Continue readingStarting a Business is Like Dating a Hot But Needy Girlfriend
She’s the object of your obsession. You’ve always wanted to date her. Like since middle school. But you must be committed to her though. She’s demands it because…
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