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Sorry . . .They Are Just Not That Into You.

Why you didn’t land that venture investment (and why it may not be your fault).

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No One Is Going To Steal Your Idea.

It's unoriginal and it will never work. But neither of those things matter.

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Why I Never Run for Airplanes.

And why it never makes a difference.

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Want to Make Things Easy for Your Team?

Give them something hard to do.

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Is This the Beginning of the End for the Urban Tech Center?

Can you launch a company just as well in Greenville, SC?

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Congratulations on Landing Your First Job…

Too bad you’re going to have to quit.

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What the Freedom & Responsibility Culture Could Mean to Your Company

And why not every company can have one.

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Failing Gracefully

Sometimes, despite our best efforts, things just don’t work out. Or to put it a different way, shit happens.

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Why Entrepreneurs Make Bad Angel Investors

My optimism usually gets the best of me, and I’m fine with that.

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My Three Criteria For Success in Early-Stage Companies

(The third one will surprise you!)

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Don’t Let Your Schooling Get in the Way of Your Education.

I’ve never been a very good student.   When I was … Don’t Let Your Schooling Get in the Way of Your Education.

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These Five Important Lessons I Learned About Building Profitable Businesses … 

Were all lessons I learned from business that weren’t trying to make a profit.

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Getting Stressed About Work-Life Balance?

You can always move the goalposts.

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Get.

If you don’t have the courage to ask, the only answer you’ll get is “no.”

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The Performance Improvement Plan is Cruel and Unusual.

So why are so many companies still using it?

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