Entrepreneurship

Planning is the kiss

Planning is the kiss of death of entrepreneurship. Ernesto Sirolli

Science and vision are not opposites or even at odds. They need each other. I sometimes hear other startup folks say something along the lines of: ‘If entrepreneurship was a science, then anyone could do it.’ I’d like to point out that even science is a science, and still very few people can do it, … Read more

You know how people

You know how people always talk about how vision is the key to entrepreneurship and perseverance and really seeing what other people don’t see? We can actually redeem a fair amount of that folk wisdom. Eric Ries

There is no greater

There is no greater country on Earth for entrepreneurship than America. In every category, from the high-tech world of Silicon Valley, where I live, to University R&D labs, to countless Main Street small business owners, Americans are taking risks, embracing new ideas and – most importantly – creating jobs. Eric Ries

Our educational system is

Our educational system is not preparing people for the 21st Century. Failure is an essential part of entrepreneurship. If you work hard, you can get an ‘A’ pretty much guaranteed, but in entrepreneurship, that’s not how it works. Eric Ries

The mistake isn’t releasing

The mistake isn’t releasing something bad. The mistake is to launch it and get PR people involved. You don’t want people to start amping up expectations for an early version of your product. The best entrepreneurship happens in low-stakes environments where no one is paying attention, like Mark Zuckerberg’s dorm room at Harvard. Eric Ries

Planning is the kiss

Science and vision are

You know how people

There is no greater

Our educational system is

The mistake isn’t releasing

Entrepreneurship is not really

I believe for the

Leadership requires creating conditions

Entrepreneurship is like eating