I have been happily surprised by the pre-launch book order results for The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook (John Wiley & Sons/Bloomberg Press), which is officially launching today. It is all about focusing on the 7 things I believe are most likely to create serious problems as...
The Harvard Law School is piloting an innovative and fascinating idea. It will offer admission to those in their junior year of college, with one condition. The acceptance is deferred until two years after college. The stated reason: to give candidates some real world experience before...
Too many entrepreneurs, excited and yes stressed about their business, get hit with the dreaded burnout. What causes it? Amazing success and the incredible burdens that creates (a good problem, I tell my staff, is still a problem) can do it. Failure to achieve what...
I spent the morning listening to amazing presentations by top up-and-coming scientists at the Entrepreneurship Lab NYC pitch event (www.elabnyc.com). I was honored to spend a morning several months ago lecturing a number of the carefully selected presenters who were capping off a 6-month training...
On this Mother's Day in the US, an appropros time to sing the praises of moms who build businesses. Life is typically very challenging for any entrepreneur. But let's face it, even in this post-women's lib world, women still tend to feel more responsible for...
The Reader's Digest just did a poll to ask Americans whom they trust the most. Of course actors like Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock topped the list. But famed TV Judge Judy Sheindlin beat out all the US Supreme Court justices. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ranked...
We are again in record territory as the Dow Jones Industrial Average remains above 15,000. An amazing achievement considering back in March 2009 we were around 6,000 and as recently as last June down around 12,000. Guess those were the times to be buying! There are...
The New York Times reported today that scientists are working on a variety of fascinating and, at times, controversial projects in the burgeoning field of synthetic biology. What is that? Wikipedia says, "It is an area of biological research and technology that combines biology and engineering,...
In celebration of my launch of "The Entrepreneur's Growth Startup Handbook: 7 Secrets to Venture Funding and Successful Growth" on May 20th, we are giving away a copy to one lucky fan. And this is a $75 retail price book! Just follow this link and good luck! http://bit.ly/16hf9lE...
A somewhat underreported section of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act relates to what many are now calling Regulation A+ (I acknowledge coining the name at an SEC small business conference). The idea is to enhance the attractiveness of SEC Regulation A. Currently, Regulation A...