I recently gave a speech at the MBA program at Pepperdine University on “How to Break Out of the Pack”. It was a talk to a large group of budding entrepreneurs who were looking for some advice on what exceptional business leaders do to distinguish themselves from everyone else. The follow presentation is a set [...]
Don’t take for granted your life, even if you think it’s filled with strife Don’t take for granted your health, it can’t be replaced any amount of wealth Don’t take for granted your friends, they may be all you have in the end Don’t take for granted your kin, for they love you in spite [...]
I recently went back to the University of California at Santa Barbara to give a leadership talk to about 250 students. I put together a presentation (embeded below from Docstoc) on the 21 Golden Rules of Entrepreneurship. Its a collection of life & business lessons that the most successful entrepreneurs have applied to achieve amazing [...]
These are the core questions that I ask every person that I interview. I’ve narrowed the list down to the top 7 questions I ask from a list of hundreds I have tried. Hope this helps. And as a bonus threw in a video for those folks looking for a job on the best way [...]
Watch the 90 minute interview with Michael Arrington at our last Startups Uncensored event. He was extremely frank, open and honest. It’s an amazing profile for anyone interested in either technology or entrepreneurship. I probably pushed the boundaries a bit by asking him too many personal questions, but my point of view was we all [...]
Last month’s startups uncensored was about “Building Bigger Businesses the Second Time Around.” The event was an open, frank and in-depth discussion with an all-star panel consisting of Gil Ebaz (Founder/CEO Factual, Co-Founder of Applied Semantics), Brian Lee (CEO of ShoeDazzle, CO-Founder of LegalZoom), Mark Suster (GRP Partners, http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/), and Ryan Scott (Founder/CEO of CauseCast, [...]
I eat out almost every meal. I’ll spend time on Citysearch and Yelp trying to find good new spots to try, but my preference is still to get great recommendation from friends. Enter Leslie Wade, who put this list together for me below in an email (including the cute commentary), and I feel compelled to share it [...]
What’s the one most important thing for your startup or small business? I don’t know! But I do know THERE IS ONE MOST IMPORTANT THING. Here is how you make that one thing matter most.
One of the most common themes I talk about is starting a new business, and among that topic answering the question of Why. A lot of us naturally ask things in the beginning like “what should I do” or “how do I do that”, but those aren’t the most important questions to ask. Here is my [...]
Whatever else I accomplish in life, I certainly hope I keep my non-douchebaggy status. Treat each person you meet with respect, kindness and thoughtfulness. It’s a standard we can all strive for, but some seem to fall extra short. So here are my muses on the types of Douchebags you can run across in the [...]
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