Back in the old days, and by the old days I mean the 1980s, there were a handful of ways in which you were likely to get rich. You either inherited it, or you made it in oil or real estate. The Forbes list of… Read More
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Shopify’s mission is to be an entrepreneurship company
Howard Lindzon has a podcast called Panic with Friends. It was started last March (hence the name) and he uses it to interview entrepreneurs, investors, venture capitalists, and other business people about what they’re up to. In today’s episode he speaks with Harley Finkelstein, President… Read More
Three-legged stool
A good friend of mine, who is also in the industry, once described real estate development as a three-legged stool. In order to develop, you really need three things: expertise, capital, and a site (i.e. land). This probably seems fairly obvious. I mean, you need… Read More
What motivates us
Earlier this week it was announced that Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have resigned from the company. Supposedly it had to do with weakening independence from the parent company, Facebook. But I’m not really in a position to comment on the specifics. Fred… Read More
The cost of failure
Kevin Rose is an internet entrepreneur. He has built a number of consumer products, including Digg in 2004. Previously he was a venture capitalist with Google Ventures, but now he’s doing that with True Ventures. He also hosts a podcast. This past weekend he posted… Read More
How to act like an entrepreneur
I really like the post that Seth Godin wrote on his blog today called: The four elements of entrepreneurship. He defines entrepreneurs through their actions and behaviors. In his view, this is what they do: 1. They make decisions. 2. They invest in activities and assets… Read More
Empowering food truck entrepreneurs
When I lived in Philadelphia I survived on food truck food. My go-tos were an egg and cheese breakfast sandwich for $2.50, a bowl of spaghetti for $4.50, and a pretty substantial chicken burrito for somewhere around $5 or $6. The food was good. It… Read More
Contentment as vice
“Contentment used to be a virtue. Now it’s a vice.” I came across this line on Brad Feld’s blog. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Brad, he is a successful entrepreneur and early stage VC investor. He cofounded the Foundry Group, Mobius Venture… Read More
We are all biased against creativity
I would like to do a follow-up to yesterday’s post about innovators and creators, because I recently stumbled up the following quote: “We think of creative people in a heroic manner, and we celebrate them, but the thing we celebrate is the after-effect,” says Barry… Read More
How I built this
My friend Dan just introduced me to a terrific podcast called, How I Built This. It’s all about “innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built.” As soon as he told me about it I immediately pulled out my phone and… Read More
