Sam was a decent enough guy, born into a middle class family. Very intelligent, he was shy and introverted and tended to avoid much social interaction. A classic “geek” if there ever was a prototype. Growing up through the middle grades and high school, he was typically the butt of many jokes, but one [...]

Earlier this month, one of my partners and I started a new business venture. We started planning for it about ten months ago. We spent countless hours planning, developing strategy, performing market analysis. You name it we did it.

If you have read any self-development books, undoubtedly you know the importance of goal-setting. You need to set short-term, intermediate and long-term goals in order to measure and attain success. Without goals you will fail and never achieve what you really want in life.

“I’ve got a GREAT business idea, but I just need some money. If I only had $[fill in number here], I’d be on my way”

I have worked from home since 1994 when AT&T shoved me there because of a mandate to reduce fuel consumption and increase employee productivity (frankly, I think it was to reduce overhead - but regardless it was a great mandate). You might think that I was elated, however I went kicking and screaming [...]

“If your ships doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it” - Johnathan Winters

One thing potential entrepreneurs continuously ask me is what should I be doing to get started? Should I be researching business ideas? Should I be writing a business plan? Where can I go to get inspiration on a business?

This past weekend, my family and I went to downtown Boulder on beautiful Pearl Street. It was the holiday weekend, people from all over the world were here because there was the Bolder Boulder, a road race that over 50,000 runners participate in.

Think about walking 100 feet across a sidewalk. No big deal right? You do it every day without thinking about it. Now think about taking that same 100 foot walk but that sidewalk is 10,000 feet in the air. No ground surrounding the sidewalk, nothing holding you up but this 100 [...]

The other day I had lunch with a very successful a person. He is for all intents and purposes, what you might think of as having lived the American dream. As a casualty of the dot com bust, he started his own business several years ago with an idea and sweat equity. He [...]

Someone once told me that in the first 5 years of a company’s existence, 90% of them will fail. In my experience and research, I would whole-heartedly agree with that statistic. However, placed in the context of most people who would like to start their own business, many will just shake their heads [...]