Entrepreneurship

It’s Time For The Entrepreneurs And Tech To Get Comfortable With Diversity

The tech industry struggles with diversity. Many people in Tech espouse viewpoints or engage in behaviors indicating they prefer the Caucasian and Asian male-dominated status quo. Recent evidence for…

When The Time To Leave A Major Role Comes, Here’s How To Do It Right

A least a few times in life, each of us needs to let go of a role that we have built and cherished for many years. This happens when we finish a major assignment, get pushed out, retire, change careers, or sell a…

Rising Adults, Ask These Questions As You Start Pursuing A Real Career

Holiday gatherings this year produced several conversations about careers. The rising adults in our family are thinking about a “real career”: work that provides income, status, and satisfaction sufficient to…

What Brexit Means For U.S. Entrepreneurs

The Brexit vote two weeks ago sent shock waves around the world. We awoke to the realization that the world economy had changed suddenly, U.S. markets swooned, 4 million Britons petitioned for a re-vote, and people everywhere wondered how much damage had been done. Friends and…

On A Key Measure, European Venture Capital Now Out-Performs The U.S.

For over a decade European venture capital has been a backwater, and U.S. VC has been flying high since 2010. Europe is raising its game, however, and Silicon Valley looks over-inflated. On a key measure — the ratio of exit value realized to capital…

Entrepreneurs Need To Have Attitude

I’m not always comfortable with entrepreneurial attitude. It can be narcissistic and out of touch…