First of all, you have to figure out what type of investors usually invest in such startups. What I mean by that, is what is the profile you sould be looking for. Then you should earn their trust and respect (there are many ways to earn such qualities). Finally, you state clearly what your compan...
Your question and your question detail are quite different. First, your question: The most important leadership trend is that the nature of leadership is changing. People want more autonomy and less oversight and direct management. Do you currently have a team? By the details you provide...
Glass will be disruptive. I'm in the first set of users on it and it's impressive. I see a new class of services and products with not only the immediacy of the phone, but the power of first-person augmentation. Think of the possibilities! Developers can help people communicate better, know more,...
Hi - I run three successful companies of varying sizes. It can be done, but it is not easy to accomplish and it is easy to get sidetracked if you are not intentional about developing focus each and every day. I've written and podcasted a fair bit about this subject (http://wisenapkin.com/tag/foc...
The one and only thing you should do to validate your idea is... Pre-sell the solution. TAKE MONEY. Real actual money. The only way to tell if something is viable is to take money from people who will buy it. Don't be fooled by people who say you can't do this. Apple does this all the time. T...
Congratulations on the entrepreneurial spirit it takes to start a business. The better you can demonstrate the outcome from their investment, the less of a risk you'll be perceived to be. The best way to find any money for investment is to anchor the costs of the investment against the financial...
The best step is to look at things in your everyday life, and figure out what are the pain points, or what can run smoother. Your best chance to get a business idea isn't from something that you know nothing about (for instance, I'm sure there are great ideas to start businesses in aircraft produ...
What kind of business? What product? What market? Who are your customers? Where do you add value? All this questions (and more) have to be answered before you start the business.
There is no formula for that. Read as you need to. Have your mentor(s) suggest books that are specific to your needs. A good starting point might be one relevant book per month to start. There are also those book summary services that can give you the themes of the books in 5 minutes of reading. ...
What about a "Financial Minimalism" blog? Even places like the "simple" dollar is pretty busy and cluttered. You could boil each concept down to it's core fundamentals and then provide the absolute easiest solutions you can come up with. For instance, instance of have 8 blogs about each facet o...