There's a lot to be learned from those who’ve been there, done it, and know what works. Read this post for 5 key learnings gathered from the most effective social entrepreneurs across the country.
Many social entrepreneurs have an ambivalent attitude towards marketing. They may think that marketing is all about deceptive advertising, but marketing doesn’t have to be sleazy. In fact, developing the marketing mindset will help you and your customers.
Of all the advice available to us on wellbeing – what to eat, how to manage stress, how much exercise we need, what we should get from relationships, the idea that we can create our way to being well sounds too simple.
Life is like a coin. You can spend it how you like, but you can only spend it once. While we need to be careful about what we say, we also need to make sure we don't wait for another chance that never comes. Here's why.
What do you have in common with Apple, Nike, Cheetos or Facebook? Read this post to learn why your personal brand is just as valuable as any other company brand.
Fear of failure has prevented people from falling in love, becoming artists, telling friends the truth, and chasing dreams without apology. If we are going to continue to shy away from failure, it's time we redefined it.
Steve Jobs liked to “live at the intersection of the humanities and technology,” and that’s exactly the place where communications technologies need to be.
If there is a single thing, a single activity and a single metric you should care about when building a business (or a sustainable open project – which you should run like a business anyway), it is cash-flow.
A ton of money has been wasted over complicating these three things, read on to discover how to get clear on your vision, your mission and your values.
Are you wasting time optimizing the wrong thing? Talking to the wrong customers and partners? Measuring the wrong metrics? Read this post to learn how to avoid this in your start-up.
Starting a company is hard. Best case scenario: your bet pays off and you uncover a monster opportunity. Worst case scenario: you don’t (but you spend a few years working on something you love). Read this post for the secret to making the "best case scenario" more likely.
Hundreds of startup accelerators are taking major equity stakes in their participating companies and not delivering. We need a change in the accountability structure.
If you’re anything like I was back when I was a first-time entrepreneur, you’re probably worried about being a good leader. But the way most people address this fear is exactly wrong.
If the world's biggest problems have any shot at all at being rectified, we need to shift from masters of consuming things to lovers of fixing things. The shift starts with you!
To emulate or rebel? That is the question. Are the choices you're making actually your choices? Or are you chasing someone else's dream? Read on to discover why trying to please others can be very costly.
There is no silver bullet to assure the success of your start-up. Least of all, pining for that $10k - $50k angel or VC investment. Read this post about getting scrappy and working for it.
Want to launch a startup or get a job focused on solving meaningful problems? Watch this video as Manoj Sinha, founder of one of the successful energy startups in emerging markets, gives advice to anyone wondering where they should start.