Like other transformational moments in my life, it was a confluence of events that drove my attention to a repetitive theme: How do we “sell” others on the idea of collaboration? Depending on your situation this could involve persuading a busy executive (perhaps your...
I have a pretty high standard on what I consider a revenue stream. A start-up venture would identify startup capital (funding) and sales from a product/service (revenue). They wouldn’t count startup capital as revenue. Both are valuable financial resources, but...
Sometimes the trickiest part of collaboration is knowing where to begin. For those of us who are doers, it’s the substance of the collaboration and defining what we want to achieve together that comes first. Collaborators who are relational begin by assembling a core...
You’ve resolved to feel better about working. You have worked for others, and maybe you feel frustrated by their vision not matching your own. You maybe even have felt that your work was not being recognized? Perhaps you feel that you are doing work that is...
I often get questions as to whether being an entrepreneur is the right pathway for someone. To be honest, if you’re asking that question, it might not be right—but, it might. What I am speaking about is a long-term entrepreneur. The kind who wants to build an enduring...
After years of transforming food scraps into soil in a north central Florida college town, the urban composting startup BikeCompost will bring their expertise out of the Earth and onto the screens of social entrepreneurs everywhere. On March 20, BikeCompost will...
