This is the fifth post in the Transitioning to Entrepreneurship and what to expect or employee to entrepreneur series. Photo Attribution: Creativity is not confined by ChrisM70 One of the key challenges in transition from employee to entrepreneur is being free of the 9 to 5. While this sounds exhilarating and shedding the shackles ofContinue reading →

True story. I went to retrieve my car key from the parking lot attendant yesterday. As I reached to get my key he said to me; “if you won $25,000,000 what would be the first thing you thought of?” Photo Attribution: NG035S20 World Bank by World Bank Photo Collection’s photostream Almost immediately I said “payContinue reading →

This is the fourth post in the Transitioning to Entrepreneurship and what to expect or employee to entrepreneur series. Photo Attribution: HA1-000674 by Highways Agency If you find spending time in long boring meetings uninspired, would rather do something tangible than write a 40 page report or prefer to be accountable for the results youContinue reading →

This is the third post in the Transitioning to Entrepreneurship and what to expect or employee to entrepreneur series. Photo Attribution: climbing in red rocks silhouette by lastbeats It really is all about attitude with respect to almost anything and certainly with respect to starting a business. The absolute key mental outlook that anyone andContinue reading →

The transition from industrial to knowledge epoch has been marked by profound and significant changes. I had originally blogged about the macro level changes back in August of 2008 with posts: Forces of Change, Business Model Migration, Decline of the TV industrial complex and (from December 2009) Rise of the micro-multinatnional. At a national andContinue reading →

The global economic outlook is very uncertain and there are those reading this post that would likely say: “This will strike many as a profoundly gloomy message.” which is a direct quote from the Drummond Report. However, the current economic reality is that we are in times of significant change that will be framed byContinue reading →

How does one decide to leap and become and entrepreneur? Well … I’d say there are a few ways to decide; – you decide right after graduation to jump right in, (these are natural entrepreneurs) – Sometimes you gradually migrate that way, (these are people with entrepreneurial tendencies) – Other times maybe life decides forContinue reading →

Students want meaningful and relevant employment. Start-ups want energetic and enthusiastic employees. Sign up for SNS-12 is here: www.sns-12.eventbrite.com This is the premise of Students and Start-ups. We have had 11 previous events with 24 confirmed hires many of which are on our YouTube Channel (TheCodeFactory). There are 6 start-ups signed up for SNS-12: BlindsideContinue reading →

I’ll be speaking toward the end of February on transitioning to entrepreneurship and what to expect. The presentation will be turned into an ~15 part blog post series that I’ll start writing today. So … where to begin … well at the beginning of course. I like to use mind maps and find for aContinue reading →

This concept is likely tightly correlated to the Pareto principle. Basically 20% of your effort accounts for 80% of the result. Consider learning how to use a new software application. Usually acquiring that minimum level of knowledge (20% of the functionality) that provides access to 80% of the capability you need. Afterwards you learn thoseContinue reading →