THE HERETIC

Founder Dating or Getting Married after Your Third Date

This month I found myself in three separate conversations with founders who were booting one of their co-founders out, as their relationship had soured and it simply didn’t work out.

Finding The Cracks

I spend a decent amount of time thinking about and explaining where existing businesses can fail due to emerging technologies. Often these fissures appear in areas which aren’t visible to the incumbent and once they become cracks and thus visible it is too late. Take the convenience of the cell…

How You Finance Your Growth Determines Your Future

In today’s world, where it seemingly has become cool to finance your startup through Venture Capital, and many entrepreneurs do not even seem to consider alternative funding sources or merely different ways of building a company, it feels…

Dichotomous Thinking

The other day a friend uttered the words “Dichotomous Thinking” upon hearing me making a (strong) argument for a position I held. Admittedly I had to look it up — dichotomous thinking is commonly known as “black or white thinking.” It is a trait you can commonly observe in entrepreneurs.

Ideas are cheap and plentiful

The title says it all. One of the defining features of an entrepreneur is her ability to generate ideas. Lots of them. Which is great.

The problem comes when people believe that ideas in itself are worth something. They are cagy, believing that…