(This article originally appeared on Forbes.) If you were to take heed to the startup narrative depicted in the media and popular culture, you would think entrepreneurship is all fun and games. The entrepreneur’s journey has repeatedly been romanticized, glorified, and used as a vessel to tell the universal “feel good stories” of humanity – …
(This article originally appeared on Forbes.) There are many problems that the “Brexit” causes across Europe, but with any tumultuous change, the weakest entities suffer the most. Who are the weakest in business by definition? Startups are. It is true that the long term ramifications of the Brexit on European startups, and European business in general, are …
(This post was originally published on the FI blog. I got a ton of feedback, so I wanted to republish it…) Startups are taking over the world, and that’s not going to change anytime soon. However, you would have to be living under a rock to not see that the ground is shifting beneath us, and …
(This article originally appeared on Forbes.) With all the “boom” and “bubble” talk around startups in the media, you might be led to think that we are traveling at light-warp speed towards a dramatic, fiery, and binary outcome – a continued “boom”, or a bubble “burst”. The less-interesting reality, however, is much more nuanced. Markets are …
(This article originally appeared on Forbes.) Billion dollar companies are being created at a faster pace than ever before, so there are plenty of opinions in the bubble or bust debate. I won’t bore you with more. What we discuss often at the Founder Institute, however, is how these billion dollar companies are being created in …
(This article originally appeared on Linkedin.) The Lean Startup movement has inarguably changed the global startup landscape over the last few years, providing a simple methodology for resource and time-constrained companies to quickly learn from their customers, iterate their product development, and ultimately create products that people want. However, in practice, some teachings of the lean …
(This article originally appeared on Forbes.) Phil Libin, cofounder and former CEO of Evernote, once told me that mentoring new entrepreneurs ultimately helped him become a better CEO. It is true – being a startup mentor can be incredibly enlightening and rewarding. Obviously, it also is a great way to “pay-it-forward” and help your local startup ecosystem …
(This article originally appeared on Forbes.) With the growth of the global startup ecosystem, I see more and more people “playing founder” than ever before. Attracted by large amounts of venture capital and the mainstream hype arounds startups, these entrepreneurs have entered the “startup game” for one simple reason: to become the next billion dollar startup. They …
(This post originally appeared on Linkedin.) I often get asked “what does it take to be a successful entrepreneur?”. In my opinion, successful entrepreneurship is a combination of three things: (1) Genetics, (2) Circumstance, and (3) Perseverance. Let’s go through all three. 1. Genetics Over the last six years, we at the Founder Institute have …