I always take pause when asked in interviews (now hundreds of times) "What skills are most important for being a successful entrepreneur?" Perseverance? Analysis? Negotiation? Sales? Finance? My answer is usually some version of "All of them" and "It depends." The skills required for you to be successful in business have a very tangible side to them - all businesses require operational … [Read more...]

One of the big benefits of the Internet entrepreneur revolution these past 15 years is that we have so much more control over how to design a business. No longer relegated to cramming ourselves in uncomfortable blue suits to eat rubber chicken lunches in dim hotel rooms with coffee stained carpets, we can do business and build businesses where and how we want to. Working while camping out of a … [Read more...]