Many people worry that they missed the opportunity to participate in the Internet revolution. I have often heard … Continue reading “Internet: we are still at the beginning!”

Most business books cover what it takes for large businesses to get even larger. Very few have covered … Continue reading “Zero to $1 billion”

The Financial Times ran an amazing story on three French entrepreneurs in Afghanistan. I loved their quote on … Continue reading “Entrepreneurship matchup: France versus Afghanistan”

In many ways, I am not a typical entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs are often risk taking, creative types who do … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “Learning from Steve Case”

Reading the book, I felt like I was reading about the first two years of almost every startup … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “Kite boarding and entrepreneurship”

This time I am not blogging about how lucky I have been in the past but about how … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “LeWeb3 Conference Debrief”

Ron Garret, an LA based venture capitalist, recently posted a hilarious and very true analysis of the top … Continue reading “Top ten geek business myths”

With apologies the French Internet Entrepreneurs I have not met yet. As part of my whirlwind tour of … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “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 … Continue reading “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) … Continue reading “Hypomanics to the rescue :)”