If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! This article was first published as “Smart vs. Hard” on Technorati Woody Allen famously said, “Ninety percent of success is just showing up.” The fact is, in a startup environment, you have to show up A LOT. Grinding out [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Bear Traps: Attitudes to Kill Your Startup
On October - 12 - 2010
Lack of self-confidence, or belief in your product/solution, can kill your startups chances. However, this risk characteristic is one that I rarely encounter amongst startups. Most entrepreneurs have a healthy dose of confidence – perhaps bordering on arrogance. In fact, this other extreme can be just as dangerous to startup success. Over-confidence in your abilities, [...]
The Balance Sheet
On October - 7 - 2010
The balance sheet is a snapshot of the financial condition of a company. Essentially, it reveals – at a set moment in time – what the company owns or possesses (assets), what the company owes (liabilities) and what the company is worth “on paper” (equity). Balance sheet items can be evaluated in various ways, but [...]
