Necessity is the mother of invention. Sometimes, to energize your innovative self, you need to be backed into a corner. In no country that I’ve traveled to is that more evident than in Israel, which is where I’ve been for nearly the past ten days. Surrounded by, unfortunately, enemies which should be neighborly countries, 8.5…
The Misfit Economy, written by Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips, is a book about the creativity required, and ‘against the grain thinking’ needed, to create a movement behind a new venture in the modern world. When I saw the book on the stand at an airport, I was immediately drawn by its subtitle ‘Lessons…
My first job out of college was a bank teller, making $14 an hour. The job taught me a ton about people and how their lives are directed by money. It was a great prerequisite for entrepreneurship because it forced me to learn many critical skills we all use in our daily ventures: problem-solving, persuasion,…
Two pretty, fit older ladies were eating dinner beside me last week at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Fran. As they were finishing up their meal, the waiter came and asked if they would be having desert. “Oh, no, I couldn’t possibly have any more,” said one of the women. The other one hesitated, and then…
Keeping score in business is a big deal for me. And it’s not simply because I’m a competitive person… As an entrepreneur, it can be hard to tell if what you are doing is what you should be doing – or, in other words, if it is the best use of your time. Sometimes entrepreneurs…
Millennials’ parents and grandparents sure had it good. During their working careers, real estate prices took off, stocks soared in value, national GDP grew healthily around 3% annually, and taxes were routinely lowered. Contrast that for Millennials… stocks are overvalued after a near 8-year bull market, GDP barely beats 1% annually, government debt loads are…
I live in a city desperate to diversify its economy, but its officials aren’t trying hard enough to truly make it happen and work with entrepreneurs. My city is Calgary, the oil capital of North America and once leading economy on the continent. It’s a hell of a place to live, rated the cleanest city…
This article was contributed by Chris Miller. Chris is the founder and CEO of the internationally renowned social entrepreneurship incubator and accelerator The Mission Center L3C. He is the co-founder of the Washington University Startup Training Lab and a senior lecturer of Entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri–St. Louis… The 2016 election will be the…
This quote below really gets one thinking about who is to blame for the current state of the country. While it may be easy to point fingers at politicians, it’s not so easy to look in the mirror. Fact is, Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative, the majority want to be led in varying ways….