#Entrepreneur Last week, I was asked to speak at a friend’s limited partner investor meeting. We covered all the usual topics, like what to look for in a founder and in a startup. Then, she asked me to share why investors should care about investin...

#Entrepreneur Last week, I spoke with an entrepreneur who volunteers for a local tech nonprofit, helping with event planning and securing speakers. We discussed events in general and shared best practices we’ve learned over the years. He pointed ou...

#Entrepreneur Last week, I attended an entrepreneur event where the speaker shared some of his best practices for growing a successful startup. One thing he said really stuck with me: if you want to promote a culture where failure is accepted and i...

#Entrepreneur Last week, I was catching up with an entrepreneur, and he was taking me through all of their progress and new direction. When I first met with him several years prior, he outlined a vision of where the market was going, why it was an ...

#Entrepreneur “Only the Paranoid Survive” Andy Grove – Intel CEO 1987-1998 I just had an urgent “can we meet today?” coffee with Rohan, an ex-student. His three-year-old startup had been slapped with a notice of patent infringement from a Fortune 5...

#Entrepreneur I got a call from an ex-student asking me “how do you know when you found product market fit?” There’s been lots of words written about it, but no actual recordings of the moment. I remembered I had saved this 90 second, 26 year-old a...