Aaron Patzer, Mint CEO, Talks Startups

If you are a startup founder, you’ll want to bookmark this and refer back to it. It’s absolute gold.
-Michael Arrington

Go Big Or Go Home!

About a year ago, I wrote a post entitled “Changing the World vs. Making a Profit.” Below is an excerpt from the post:
There is one particular “fork in the road” that distinguishes one entrepreneur from another. It is the decision or strategy each entrepreneur consciously or sub-consciously makes when beginning their business venture. I like [...]

What It Means to Be an Early Adopter

Early adopters are a critical component to any startup environment.  This particular demographic is unlike any that a company will face in the future.  It’s the early adopters who are first to interact with a company’s initial product or service.    It’s the early adopters who represent a company’s first fan or first critic.  It’s the [...]

Inside the Mind of a Serial Entrepreneur

Morten Lund offers up a super-refreshing outlook from a serial entrepreneur’s point of view.  A man who expresses so many awesome character traits, most notably:

humility
honesty
transparency
perseverance

Twitter Teaches Startups to Hunt Their Fail Whale

Which scenario would you rather face as the CEO of your recently launched startup company? :

Scenario A | Not being able to keep up with customer demand

OR

Scenario B | Having scaled your business to meet expected customer demand

Well, personally, the answer is a no-brainer … it’s Scenario A.  You may think, “Well why would you [...]

Startup 101: Win over the Winners, Lose the Losers

There has been a poem on my refrigerator for as long as I can remember.  It’s a simple, yet powerful little ballad that has meant different things to me, during different times in my life.  After reading it one more time, I cannot help but relate it to the entrepreneurial hustle; that mysterious, foggy world [...]