Many entrepreneurs struggle. Some fail, yet some entrepreneurs succeed beyond their wildest dreams. What is the difference? What is the...

If you can’t tell me in 30 seconds what you do and what you want, then I am not buying, investing or probably even listening any longer...

So many leaders and entrepreneurs understand this point and yet as soon as they open their mouths, they forget the basics. Connection...

I just finished leading a 3-day workshop in Toulouse, France for 15 entrepreneurs from the incubators and technology centres of the...

Whether you are creating a business or creating an amazing life, you can benefit from thinking like an entrepreneur and by taking...

I believe that we all have something special to offer this world. No matter who you are… No matter what skills you possess or don’t...

Why do so many early-stage technology companies struggle? One reason is that they fall in love with their technology. Many entrepreneurs...

Something that all entrepreneurs will face sooner or later are setbacks, delays and rejection.  It goes with the territory, yet one of...

I spend a lot of time being curious about what makes some people great entrepreneurs. I recently found an article in BusinessWeek that...

What will Norway live from when the North Sea oil wells run dry? I believe that some answers lie in empowering young entrepreneurs. The...

We all have 2 different minds. One is logical, the other is emotional and they don’t always agree with each other. Sometimes they will do...

“If there is no struggle, then there is no progress” The title of this blog is a quote from Fredrick Douglass. He was born a slave in...

I did a workshop this week in Palermo, Italy for a group of MBA students and startup companies at the ARCA Technology Incubator. Palermo...

Yesterday I led a workshop for 20 young entrepreneurs in Dusseldorf, Germany. I asked them if they knew the expression “serial...

Dare to be yourself. Sometimes we are so intent on pleasing the people we meet that we forget to be who we are. Good networking skills...

Like most children, I loved drawing Connect the Dots pictures. I can envision myself staring at a new and particularly complex page of...

Have you seen the old movie called Marathon Man? Dustin Hoffmann plays the part of an amateur marathon runner who gets mixed up with a...

I woke up this morning and my first thought was that “I am crazy”! Stark, raving, mad, lunatic crazy. It was all triggered by an argument...

You would not believe how many times I have met brilliant entrepreneurs with amazing, cutting-edge technologies who are clueless about...

Success is the result of Good Judgment Good Judgment is the result of Experience Experience is the result of Bad Judgment Have I learned...