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8 Attributes Shared By Most Successful Entrepreneurs
Maybe starting a new business isn’t your passion, but in these days of rapid change, where everyone is dealing with uncertainty, I believe that thinking and acting like entrepreneurs will help you get ahead in any profession. In simple terms, this means taking control of your life, going after something you love to do, and […]
7 Questions to Test Your Potential as an Entrepreneur
Starting a business is a marathon, so you have to make an overt decision to enjoy the journey as well as the destination.
Signs Your Early-Stage Company Has Recruited Extraordinary Talent
Loeb.nyc cofounder Rich Vogel shares the best practices for recruiting talent and ensuring talent is a good cultural fit.
The Art of Fundraising: How to Win VCs Over
In September, Prevu, a real-estate technology startup that is disrupting the antiquated homebuying process, closed its $2M Seed funding round led by Corigin Ventures. Getting to this point certainly was filled with ups-and-downs, arranging what we felt were promising meetings only to walk away wondering why we couldn’t secure the venture capital funding we needed. […]
10 Steps From a Closet Freak to a New Startup Founder
Every culture and community puts pressure on its members to follow the norms. Even young people who start out wanting to be different are called “freaks,” and most are slowly bent back into the norm by the time they “grow up.” Maybe that’s why so many entrepreneurs struggle with building a disruptive new business, where breaks from the norm are the key to success.
8 Techniques for Shining a Light On Your Blind Spots
Few entrepreneurs are smart and humble enough to recognize that they don’t know what they don’t know, and have an effective process for shining a light on their blind spots.
How to Pitch a Business Investment Case to Your CFO
Chief Financial Officers are often the “gatekeepers” to the company’s cash coffers. And, as you can imagine, they have a lot of people tugging on their sleeves looking for investments into various projects within the company. But, CFO’s need to prioritize their spend, based on what is in the best interests of the company. This post will help you learn to think like a CFO and how best to pitch your business investment case with the highest odds of success.
5 Ways to Increase Your Agility in the Face of Change
As a business and entrepreneur advisor, I have no trouble getting owners and managers to agree that change is happening faster and faster in the consumer and technology world, requiring them to keep their business more agile, just to keep up. The challenge is that too many are confused on what that means for them, and […]
Look For The Hunter Gene In Every New Founder
Most entrepreneurs believe they are “different,” but they can’t quite understand how. They usually explain it by insisting that they are driven to follow their passion, need to be their own boss, want to get rich quick, or want to change the world. I now believe that the roots of the difference may go back […]
How To Bounce Back From Startup Failure
Startup failure is knowing our friends aren’t asking about our startup because they already know we’ve failed. It’s knowing we’re the punchline of community gossip, sometimes from fellow Founders who might have a right to joke, but mostly from those who don’t. It’s about trading that exciting victory we dreamed about for the nightmare that […]