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Most business books cover what it takes for large businesses to get even larger. Very few have covered … Continuar leyendo «Zero to $1 billion»

The Financial Times ran an amazing story on three French entrepreneurs in Afghanistan. I loved their quote on … Continuar leyendo «Entrepreneurship matchup: France versus Afghanistan»

In many ways, I am not a typical entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are often risk taking, creative types who do … Continuar leyendo «The nature of entrepreneurship: randomness, trial and error, and how intelligence can get in the way»

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea manages a rare feat – it’s a non-fiction story that … Continuar leyendo «Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is great: thrilling and informative at the same time»

I had the pleasure to listen to Steve Case speak at a General Catalyst event in Boston. It … Continuar leyendo «Learning from Steve Case»

Reading the book, I felt like I was reading about the first two years of almost every startup … Continuar leyendo «Inside Facebook is a fun, quick read that allows you to experience the startup spirit!»

Entrepreneurs are often risk taking, adventurous individuals. Not surprisingly many of them try things like kite boarding, ice … Continuar leyendo «Kite boarding and entrepreneurship»

This time I am not blogging about how lucky I have been in the past but about how … Continuar leyendo «It pays to be lucky – part 3»

The conference was interesting with the quality of the debates and presentation on par with anything done in … Continuar leyendo «LeWeb3 Conference Debrief»

Ron Garret, an LA based venture capitalist, recently posted a hilarious and very true analysis of the top … Continuar leyendo «Top ten geek business myths»

With apologies the French Internet Entrepreneurs I have not met yet. As part of my whirlwind tour of … Continuar leyendo «The past, present and future of French Internet entrepreneurship!»

I have always admired Jeff Bezos as an entrepreneur because he actually did what he set out to … Continuar leyendo «The Video History of Amazon by Jeff Bezos»

A few months ago I wrote about my 9 business selection criteria for evaluating business ideas. After some … Continuar leyendo «And then there were 8 business selection criteria!»

In a recent interesting book “The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (a Lot of) … Continuar leyendo «Hypomanics to the rescue :)»