Category: Business Training
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8 Components For Great Business Partnerships
Monday was a tough day. After the team of my newest company worked our tails off for six months with another startup, I had to inform the other company we were “out”. The reason was easy: they had still not signed our contract agreement between our two companies. The implication was hard: the fallout, bad-will…
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How to Manage Your Fear
As the phone rang yesterday, I was hoping they were calling to cancel. I had my reasons: wasn’t ready yet, a serious list of projects to catch up on, and didn’t want to spend 2 hours traveling. My appointment was to be with the Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Columbia University, and the call was…
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How to Get the BIG Things Done… First
This past weekend I found myself very near Palo Alto, CA, where I grew up. My aunt died suddenly and my family flew out for the memorial. On the way from the Bay Area to my aunt’s, I could not help but remember this story that happened to me in 1975. To this day I…
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The Courage to Really Step Up
The woman was handed the mike in our small room of about 150 people. She was nervous about her question to the man on the panel just a few feet away from us. And she had every right to be, given whom she was about to speak to. And even though the woman was not…
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So You Think You Are Right? Sorry!
The other day I went to my dry cleaner. On the way I told myself to stay calm and listen to their side first. And everything would be OK. Well that did not last very long. Soon after entering the store the owner was accusing me of blaming them for damaging my favorite pants. And…
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Not Sure You’re an Entrepreneur?
Every once in a while we can get totally stuck on what to do next. Tuesday was one of those moments for me. I had just starting to speak about the importance of being an entrepreneur to a class of MBA students at a well-known university here in New York. Since the university is a…
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The Importance of Thinking Really Big
By the nature of what I do for a living, I’ve seen some pretty cool and ambitious businesses and business plans. But the one I saw last Friday blew me away. I had just finished listening to a presentation for the first 100% solar powered city in the world, about to be built in southwest…
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It’s Never Too Late to Get It Going!
Last night I was blown away by the people I met at an event at Brooklyn College. Someone close in my life invited me to join them for their graduation ceremony of the Adult Literacy Program that helped them get their General Educational Development (GED) diploma. Many of the recipients of their high school diplomas…
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Intrapreneur vs. Entrepreneur—Which are YOU?
Larry was smiling as we finished our walk in Central Park. We promised to do it ever since I told him I used to do that with a good friend whenever we wanted to share stories and advice on running our companies. While Larry was new to being an entrepreneur, he certainly was not new…
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Top 7 Ways to Wrap Up the Decade With Your Biz
Yesterday I confused my packed class of new entrepreneurs. We just started a seven-day intense entrepreneur start-up course and they were bouncing off the walls with their new business ideas. And it was like I just poured cold water on them when I asked them how and when they are going to exit their company.…