Growing Your Mind from the Inside Out

Excerpt from the book Unleash Your Inner Company by Guest Author John Chisholm In my mid-thirties, I accepted the fact that I’m gay. Many folks don’t see that as an asset. I disagree. It has been an asset for me in at least five ways: People routinely assume that others are attracted to the opposite

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Passion and Perseverance: A Positive Feedback Loop

Excerpt from the book Unleash Your Inner Company by Guest Author John Chisholm In the first half of 2001, the dot-com bust, I would often wake up around 2 a.m. with sweat-soaked sheets sticking to my skin. CustomerSat’s second round of financing, long planned for that January, had refused to come together despite a flurry

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Jan. 7 – 288th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 288th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, January 7, 2016, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any

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Catching Up On Readings: CES 2016

The annual Consumer Electronics Show 2016 will be held next month in Las Vegas. On its agenda are top tech trends in virtual and augmented reality, sports wearables, IoT, drones, robots, smart homes, and 3D printing. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Buying Control Back from VCs: Jason Robbins, CEO of ePromos (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: The scenario that you are pointing out is a scenario that a lot of venture-funded entrepreneurs face. Business is not the rocket that the VCs thought it would be, but it’s a healthy profitable long-term business that the entrepreneur may be interested in running. That’s a scenario where VCs and entrepreneurs have to

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Buying Control Back from VCs: Jason Robbins, CEO of ePromos (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: You had a $5 million round. You were pretty much profitable. What are some of the major inflection points? Jason Robbins: The $5 million basically almost disappeared. By the time money came in, the investors wanted a CEO that was known in the marketplace so they then can then raise the next round

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Is It Normal To Start Your Own Business While Working Full-time?

Yes. Good choice. Keep going. Bootstrapping with a paycheck is a mode of entrepreneurship that has become a major trend. Entrepreneurs are starting companies in droves while still holding onto their full-time jobs. Two interviewers, Amina Elahi from the Chicago Tribune and Katherine Harvey from Union Tribune San Diego, recently asked me the same question: If you are bootstrapping a

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The Unicorn Bubble Will Burst – Here’s What Will Happen Next

My Entrepreneur Journeys book “Billion Dollar Unicorns” came out in December 2014. Leading up to it and after, I have had the opportunity to interview over 50 Unicorn entrepreneurs, and another 20 or so potential Unicorns. By now, I imagine that you have read plenty of coverage predicting the crash of 2016. Experts hastily point out

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