Little Snowballs When myself and my co-host interviewed Travis Kalanick on our podcast, he had recently co-founded a little snowball called UberCab. It was so early in Uber’s existence he didn’t even mention it. I notice Uber falls into a category of companies I call little snowballs. There are some fundamental features these companies have in common. I thought it might […]

There’s nothing more intoxicating than the moment you pick the idea that will be your next startup. To make things more real your next step is to form a company and seal the deal, right? My advice is DON’T do that… until you have proven your business is actually going to work. I’ve learnt this lesson […]

So, you have a great idea! You buy a great domain name! You start to think about how to build it! You get pretty excited! Then, you tell your family, a few trusted friends, and even some of your colleagues about it. And… They don’t like it. They have all sorts of logical arguments for […]

Entreporn, a term brilliantly coined by Amy Hoy holds us back from our true potential. It works to the advantage of almost every player in our industry that we “believe” in chasing the next big thing. They need us to keep chasing it. In the truest sense — the next big thing — is a carrot on a stick […]