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- Why the New Economy Failed - My take on why the new economy's dot-com companies failed in their mission to change the world and make life better and more profitable for all of us. More...
- How Gaebler Ventures Came to Exist - A long summary of my entrepreneurial evolution and the Summer 2001 thinking that led me to become a multipreneur, starting three different companies at the same time. More...
- Entrepreneurial Formulas for Success - Some thoughts on whether there are tried and true formulas for success that can help you in building up a new company. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that an important key to entrepreneurial success is having a good memory. More...
- How to Raise Money - After you raise money a few times, you learn the secrets of getting funding quickly. Assuming you have a decent idea, you just need to leverage the Celebrity Factor, the Greed Factor and the Lemming Factor by using a Sweetener. More..
- Creating Virtual Humans - The Bionic Man, Spykids, Frankenstein, the Turing test. For centuries, we've toyed with the idea of using technology to create superhumans. It seems like we are getting closer and closer to doing just that. More...
- Bootstrapping - Every entrepreneur needs to understand the art of bootstrapping, how to start a company with very little money and do more with less. x. More...
- The Art of Running a Virtual Company - I run a few virtual companies. It's great when it works but occassionally I wish I wasn't virtual. More...
- Only Idiots Send Venture Capitalists Business Plans - After you write a business plan to help you run your business, you might be tempted to send it to prospective investors to raise money. Don't do it. You couldn't pick a worse vehicle for trying to get an audience with a venture capital firm. Here's a much better way. y. More...
- The Benefits of Being on the "Right Side of Crazy" - If you meet enough entrepreneurial superstars, you realize that a lot of them are nutballs. Well, not quite. I like to say that the reason they've done well is that they are on the "right side of crazy". y. More...
- Why the Rich Get Richer - Forget about the obvious reasons why the rich get richer, like compounding interest and inter-generational inheritance. Here are ten other important reasons why the rich keep on getting richer. y. More...
- To Hype or Not to Hype? - You are six months away from completing your product. Is it time to do a press release announcing the new product or should you wait until launch time?. y. More...
- Beware of "Rock Soup" Vendors - Some advice for new entrepreneurs who haven't yet learned how to tell if somebody is a Rock Soup Vendor. More...
