It Took Me 25 Years to Meet Mickey Mouse
By now, hopefully you have heard the news — Punchbowl has been named the exclusive provider of digital invitations featuring Disney characters. To say I’m…
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The ‘Flyover’ States
Like most startup CEO’s, I spend most of my time dealing with companies on either the East Coast or the West Coast. Between Boston and…
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5 Reasons You Must Repeat Your Strategy
Every great company or organization should have a high-level strategy that can be explained in two minutes or less. A company’s strategy is the blueprint…
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Should I Write a Business Plan?
Over the past year, I’ve spent some of my time mentoring new startups. It’s one way for me to stay connected to the entrepreneur community…
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What Every Entrepreneur Can Learn from DollarShaveClub.com
A few months ago, the entrepreneur/tech world was rocked by the awesome launch of DollarShaveClub. Like many of my peers, I was excited about the premise…
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Everything Can’t Be the #1 Priority
Over the years, I’ve been on the receiving end of a slew of feature requests from our customers, my friends & family, our employees, our…
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Are You a Hot Dog Stand or a Hotel?
During a recent conversation with one of our partners, I wanted to illustrate a point about pricing. So I asked a simple question: “are you…
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Show Me the Money!
During my weekend blog reading, I came across a post on TechCrunch with the headline “David Hornick: Why Real Entrepreneurs Aren’t in it for the Money.”…
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Stupid Pricing
As an entrepreneur, one of the things that bothers me is when I see another business using stupid pricing. Let’s start with a simple example….
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Find Customers Willing to Pay the Premium
For many start-ups (and many companies) one of the primary goals is to find customers who are willing to “pay the premium.” Customers that pay…
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