Over the past 15 years, I have received several interns and students per year. In addition to the above, I have spent the past five years mentoring startup founders. Here is what I see over and over again. So many of them are just lost. And the best description I can give them is “Lostpreneurs”. […]
Lostpreneurs. The new term for budding entrepreneurs who haven’t found their passion. Read More »
Most of us love reading. Yes, we all do. By nature, we all thrive and enjoy learning and reading is one form and part of the learning process. If you are a startup founder, CEO, or simply interested in self-development techniques and creating a better version of yourself, you know that you need to aim
Book recommendations. My reasons for doing it and why you should do it too. Read More »
Maybe some of my Toastmasters and professional speakers can relate to this stage fright. We have all had it at some point or another and some of us may still have it. I for sure can relate to this. Many times the feeling hits me hard. What am I doing here? I am nobody, pretending
What happens to you when you are standing in the spotlight just before your speech? Read More »
Were you told by your parents, or grandparents \”Hey kido, Get a job, work hard. Money doesn\’t grow on trees?\” We are programmed from day 1. We are fed information and all this information sets at some point turn into our beliefs. A while back I wrote an article on \”Hard Work VS Effort\”. I
Some of the best ideas come from applying learnt skills and tools from one discipline to another. In my case, I have been in software development (programming) & startups for most of my life. In the course of my working life, I have had to use numerous tools for productivity and achieving my objectives. Some
The entrepreneurial Toolset for speakers Read More »
If you are lucky enough to read this in time you can join me for a live session today at 15:00 CET on zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85182217882#success In today’s session, I will tell you what investors really want to hear, the basic information you need to present them with, and finally how to make your pitch memorable and
Learn to Speak The Investors Language. Key points when fundraising for your startup Read More »
Over the past few years, I have seen a craze in Europe with early-stage VCs backing startup teams that have nothing but an idea. They throw money at them and hope that one or more of them would live to see the light of day. Almost 10 or more years behind USA, I have heard
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Yesterday I did two one-to-one mentoring sessions. Once again I found both founders to be pitching a great idea. One in the early stage of the idea and all it was missing was just a few small changes to address the investment proposal. The other, well the other I am not quite sure. what to
Fundamentals of Fundraising- What is missing in your pitch deck Read More »
This is the final post on The Power of FAILURE. The letter “E” for Emptiness. In the past few posts, we have gone through: 1. Frustration 2. Aggression 3. Insecurity 4. Loneliness 5. Uncertainty 6. Resentment All of the above are tips on how to use The Power of Failure for us to achieve our goals
7 Tips on how to use the power of failure to your Advantage. Tip 7. Emptiness Read More »
This article is the fourth in a series on how you can use the power of Failure to your advantage. In the last article, I spoke of how you can tackle the feeling of insecurity and in this article, I am going to write about the fourth letter in Failure, the letter L for Loneliness,