Homespun Wisdom: Entrepreneurial Lessons From My 95 Year Old Grandmother
We all have stories about the moment we knew that we were destined to build our own businesses or craft our own careers.
Cracking The Real-Time Problem For Online Marketers
Keeping Pace with the Internet Economy When I was CMO at Orbitz, I had a front-row seat to the fast-evolving world of online marketing. We had an amazing team of online marketers who pioneered many new techniques and our mantra was to be first to market with new digital marketing ideas. We knew if we…
UChicago Gives Nod to Student Start Ups With Innovation Showcase
An essential part of a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem is talent—technical or otherwise — which universities may play a critical role in fostering (think Stanford University and Silicon Valley).
Big Dreams Require Big Thinkers
In the summer of 1984, a young Mark Achler sat in an Apple Computer Board of Directors meeting with Steve Jobs discussing ideas for an event for Apple retailers…
The Boot-Strapper’s Guide To Techweek: How To Get the Most Out of a $595 Pass
It was like finding $1,000 on the sidewalk, except instead we found out we had free conference passes to Techweek…
Start Ups: Mine Your Pigeonhole
If you focus on a more specific market, you can prioritize developing the features that are most important to that market
Gainfully Unemployed: How To Land the Job Of Your Dreams
I’m going to show you how to land the job of your dreams, but it’s going to take some work…
June 2012: Technori Pitch Recap
We had another installment of Technori Pitch, highlighting five local startups and a keynote speech from Chuck Templeton, Founder of OpenTable…
Build Experiences, Not Just Products: Why MVPs Fail and What To Add So They Don’t
If you truly want to discover whether your target market wants what you are looking to provide, you can’t just test to see if they ask for it, you must give them the experience of having your product and test to see if they want more.
Social Impact: The Business Model of the Future
…we face huge economic, social and environmental challenges that will require new business models, new ways of solving problems, and unprecedented cooperation…