William H. Sullivan, the U.S. Ambassador to Laos in the 1960’s described commandos: “…you have first of all to be a volunteer; secondly, you have to be prepared to take extraordinary risks, to function outside of the normal chains of command and also to be able to make life and death decisions immediately. It takes a special breed.” ...
Your hot startup was bought by MegaCorp and after 18 months of mind numbing meetings to integrate the companies your new, new, new boss drops by with the HR director to suggest you may want to move on. It’s time for a big break.
Doesn’t matter how it happens. The chances are very good that if you join a startup, you will ...
“He’s very passionate ”
That’s usually a euphemism for a mood disorder or at least someone who is mildly insane or incredibly emotional. It’s also a prerequisite to being an entrepreneur.
Great entrepreneurs breathe a kind of crazy passion that grabs you by the balls and doesn’t let go. The ...
This summer I walked into the Tech Stars office in Cambridge greeted by the smells of an older building and an awkwardly empty reception area.
I’m not sure why I expected a scrappy start-up incubator to have a well dressed receptionist chirping hello and offering me filtered water in a paper cup, but I did. So without a guide I ...
As winter descends on us in full force, I’m already seeing the first signs of spring: MBA students have started reaching out to talk about summer internships. (MBAers are not the only interns itching for work in startups — more on that later in the article.)
For MBAers and startups, the summer internship promises many glories. ...
I’ve been hanging out at a venture firm this year as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and I’ve seen a lot of pitches to small groups and to the partners.
Mostly they suck.
I’m not really sure why people keep making bad pitches. Honestly this isn’t mystical. There are dozens of blog posts on this topic, but ...
