My entrepreneurial journey has come to an end, and though I felt some guilt about it at first, the truth is, I’m relieved.
To Entrepreneur or Not to Entrepreneur
Posted on Oct - 26 - 2010
Categories: Career & Professional, Entrepreneurs, Family, Lessons & Epiphanies
It’s Not a Career Path, It’s a Career Highway
Posted on Mar - 29 - 2010
As a career management advocate turned Entrepreneur Evangelist, I recently had an epiphany that clarified some of the change I’ve experienced over the past two years, as I’ve moved from my old life to my new one. I’ve been lacking an effective metaphor to describe both the process and my present (and potentially future) state. [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs, Lessons & Epiphanies, Life & Lifestyle
A ‘No Vacation Policy’ Policy
Posted on Mar - 18 - 2010
Last spring, I was reading the annual WorldBlu list of the most democratically run organizations in the world. One of the companies that caught my eye was one whose democratic organizational practices included eliminating a formal vacation day policy. I remember making a mental note of the idea, because I liked it and wanted to [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Life & Lifestyle
Small Business Skydiving
Posted on Mar - 15 - 2010
As my year-end consumption of ‘top ten lists‘ continues, I came across one on Chicago Now called “The Top 10 Small Business Trends of the Decade” by Barry Moltz. In the list he mentions several things that have all dovetailed together to define the changing nature of work — most centered around the pros and [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs, Lessons & Epiphanies
Not Being Penny Wise and Pound Foolish
Posted on Feb - 24 - 2010
I love startups. I love the chaos. I love the insane hours. I love the energy. I love the types of people who are attracted to work on high-risk ideas with long odds. I love the culture that evolves around them. I love it all. I have spent my career hopping from one startup to [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs, Leaders, Lessons & Epiphanies
The Entrepreneurial Economy
Posted on Feb - 23 - 2010
As my year-end consumption of ‘top ten lists‘ continues, I came across one on Chicago Now called “The Top 10 Small Business Trends of the Decade” by Barry Moltz. In the list he mentions several things that have all dovetailed together to define the changing nature of work — most centered around the pros and [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs
Through the Entrepreneurial Looking Glass
Posted on Feb - 17 - 2010
In a recent blog post, author Scott Ginsberg recently asked Have You Executed These Ten Essentials of Entrepreneurial Excellence? He then listed off the ten things he highlights as essential for entrepreneurs to be truly successful: Prestige requires pandemonium Confidence requires congruency Fame requires flexibility Success requires surrender. Creativity requires curiosity Originality requires murder Serendipity [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs
Hooray the Freelance Economy
Posted on Feb - 03 - 2010
Scott Shane‘s recent article on Business Week is called, “Beware the Freelance Economy.” In it, he posits that cheering for the increased number of new businesses is premature, since so many of them are really solo practitioners (a.k.a. “freelancers”). His point is that, because of this, these firms are not realistic sources of new jobs [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs
Using Tech to Make More Businesses Non-Tech
Posted on Jan - 22 - 2010
I grew up in a family-owned business. I remember, back in the early 1980′s, when my mother (the bookkeeper) got her first computer for the business: it was a Data General and it was bigger than our dishwasher. It had five-and-a-quarter floppy disks; it had virtually no RAM to speak of; and it came with [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs
A Pragmatic New Year
Posted on Jan - 17 - 2010
Well, I can’t say that I’m sorry to have seen 2009 go. Personally and professionally, it was one hell of a rough year. On the other hand, it did bring with it some changes that — despite fighting pretty voraciously at first — have ultimately proven to be profoundly valuable. The biggest and most obvious [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs
Grumble, Bumble, Facebook Trouble
Posted on Dec - 14 - 2009
I was reading an article this weekend, on Entrepreneur.com, and it actually made me a little snarky. In Health Insurance, a 401(k) and…Facebook?, author Justin Petruccelli discusses a new Junior Achievement/Deloitte Teen Ethics Survey in which 58% of teenage respondents stated that the ability to use social networks would be a factor in their decision-making [ Read More ]
Categories: Entrepreneurs, Leaders
Keeping Your Spirits Up During a Job Hunt
Posted on Jul - 01 - 2009
Job hunting is rough for oh-so-many reasons. One of the things that is hardest about it, though, is managing your own attitude and spirits. If there is one thing that is liable to get you into trouble during a job hunt, it is unmanaged anxiety. I’ve written before about some of the things that I [ Read More ]
Categories: Family, Friends, Lessons & Epiphanies, Life & Lifestyle