Any Utah entrepreneur or entrepreneur wannabe that tells you they don’t want to be on the V|Spring V100 is a liar. I already have a list of 20 or so people I’m going to nominate. If you want me to nominate you then drop me a note telling me why you are cool and I’ll do it. If you have [...]
Lately I blink and a week is gone.
Funding Universe rocks. I attended one of FU’s speed pitching events for about an hour on Tuesday. It was so cool. What a great concept. Angels on one side of the table and entrepreneurs on the other. The entrepreneur has seven minutes to make their case. Paul Allen, the founder of [...]
My two year old son, Tyler, is an amazing kid. I am constantly in awe of him. I have learned so much watching him and listening to him. I started to think the other days about how things I am learning from him related to business. Here are “Tyler’s Rules” of business:Â
Sometimes you hit back. Now [...]
This post is dedicated to my buddy Jeff Jordan at Funding Universe. Jeff is on a sales mission to bring home the bacon at FU. Here’s a great post on what he’s doing.
I’ve been mulling over some things I’ve been taught on effective sales lately. Here are some thoughts I hope you find useful:
To become good at sales you [...]
Here’s a really random Friday round up…Â
Podango is hiring. Check out my post on various positions here.
I’ve been spending a lot of time reading lately. I just finished Confessions of an Economic Hitman. Very interesting but the blatant liberal treehugger message got annoying after a while. I recommend “Confessions” if you are interested in learning how the US [...]
Podango is looking for a couple of very talented individuals.
Internet Marketer. Do you understand PR for Web optimization, online ad strategies, PPC, affiliate programs, SEO, etc? Can you write? Do you blog and can you maintain a corporate blog? Please contact doug ”at” podango.com if you fit the bill.
Sponsor Relations Manager. I’m hiring a Sponsor Relations Manager to [...]
I blogged recently about the myth of small business failure. That got me thinking about other myths that are prevalent in our world.Â
Here we go…
Myth 1: No one will steal your idea
I have personally had an idea stolen. It happens everyday. From venture capitalists stealing ideas and passing them on to their portfolio companies to [...]
I want to touch briefly on a curious character walking the American business landscape - the Idea Guy. You may know an Idea Guy. Always dreaming and never executing. They dream because they are too afraid to act or they simply do not know how to act.
People often confuse real entrepreneurs with Idea Guys. It’s [...]
The word “entrepreneur†is the most overused and abused word in the world of business. Entrepreneurship is special.  Real entrepreneurs are unique and rare.  We need to give the word “entrepreneur†and the real entrepreneurs themselves more respect. They deserve it.
How many times have you heard random people proclaim “I’m an entrepreneur�  In “the business [...]
For the last several years I have been driving a Honda Accord. Its been a good car except for the fact that the transmission went out on it at 60k miles. On Monday night I was driving home from Westminster and hit a horrible storm. Although the Honda is front wheel drive the weather I [...]
