About a year or so before the financial crisis, which brought households and governments to the brink of economic disaster, mineral exploration companies, along with their stock prices, were white hot. For those unfamiliar, these are companies that go out and raise a few million …
Joe Rogan’s Inspirational Interview About Life and Mike Tyson With Teddy Atlas
Mike Tyson… “was as strong a guy as you’re ever gonna see, but he was as weak a person as you’re ever going to find…” Teddy Atlas, Tyson’s former trainer, said the above on The Joe Rogan Experience recently. Given the context of who Tyson …
How Smartphones Hurt Your Reputation and Quality of Life
Smartphones first came into my life as an incredible tool that kept me dialed into the markets, in real-time, no matter if I was in the office or riding my bike. I remember my first Blackberry that was connected to the web and thinking it …
Be the Poorest Person in the Room
Inherently, entrepreneurs are introspective and seek to continually improve how they live and run their businesses. The pursuit of excellence is in our DNA. And it was with this thinking the mantra of surrounding yourself with smarter people or being the dumbest person in the …
This Year’s World Cup Has Given Entrepreneurs Some Gems…
I’m no soccer player, but I love watching the World Cup. To billions of people (3.2 billion to be precise), there is no more magnificent sporting spectacle. The Olympics, Super Bowl or MLB finals don’t come close to the World Cup in respect to viewership …
The Entrepreneur’s Life Code
I work and live for the moments like the picture above - watching my boys laugh and play together. There is a code among industrious risk takers. It’s one that almost every successful entrepreneur lives by. Within that unspoken code are five rules every great …
This is How Startup Entrepreneurs Take Over Industries
As an early-stage/seed investor in dozens of startups, I’ve seen, and reaped the rewards, of betting on some incredible entrepreneurs with bold visions for their technologies and companies. There are a few commonalities among the hugely successful investments in startups I’ve made over the years. …
Traveling to the Holy Land, A.K.A. Startup Nation
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. …
The Most Important Marketing Lesson is Found in Vegas
Last month I made two trips to Vegas for business opportunities and CES. While there, I was once again reminded that a great marketing campaign comes down to simplicity, perhaps a little controversy and timelessness. The phrase ‘Sin City,’ and more specifically the famous slogan …
How The World’s Top Entrepreneurs Spend Their Day
So-called successful people — for this blog entry it means entrepreneurs who have made hundreds of millions of dollars and maintained a balanced life — have daily habits which most regular folks do not. They spend their time more efficiently. That’s why they achieve more. …