My Interview of John Bransford of Talkapolis
My Interview on Israeli Radio
When to Incorporate
There are many new and confusing issues that first-time entrepreneurs face when they get ready to launch a business. The need to create a corporation is at the top of that list.
I recently had a conversation about incorporating start-ups with Chris Sloan, an attorney with Baker Donelson, who is Co-Chair of the firm’s Emerging Companies Team: Continue reading When to Incorporate
Interview with Founder of iQuantify
Interview with Streamweaver COO
Entrepreneurship out of Necessity
I have been spending most of this month traveling with Belmont students throughout Eastern Europe learning about entrepreneurship.
While in Latvia, we saw huge numbers of “accidental” entrepreneurs. These are people who had never intended to be entrepreneurs, but who became self-employed out of life circumstances and necessity.
Creative Destruction, Disruption, and Opportunism
Economists tell us that the primary role of entrepreneurs in the economy is to engage in a process they call “creative destruction.” Through their innovations, entrepreneurs help create new industries that transform or even replace old and declining industries.
Continue reading Creative Destruction, Disruption, and Opportunism
Students Work for Free Enterprise
Spurring entrepreneurship in Northern and Eastern Europe is as much a cultural battle as it is an economic one. I am spending the rest of this month traveling with a group of students throughout Eastern Europe. One of the lessons I hope they will learn is about the entrepreneurial transformation underway in countries formerly under the shadow, or more often complete domination, of the communistic USSR.
We are starting our visit in Finland, where we visited Aalto University’s amazing entrepreneurship program.
The Battle Over Plans Versus Models
There has been a growing debate about business plan versus business model. The lines are being drawn. However, I would chime in to say that both sides of this debate are right, and both sides are wrong. To mix metaphors, let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water, even though that may be one ugly baby!