On Startup Failure…

On Startup Failure…

A young entrepreneur (let’s call him “Turk”) approached me at an event recently, and he had an interesting dilemma. “I’m starting a new venture,” he said. “And I think it’s really good. But how do I make sure I’ve put together all the right pieces so I don’t fail?…”...
The Lone Wolf: Does My Startup Need a Co-Founder?

The Lone Wolf: Does My Startup Need a Co-Founder?

I was speaking with a budding young entrepreneur recently who I’ll call “Wolf,” and this was one of the many good questions he asked me about a venture he’d like to start: “I keep hearing that I need a co-founder, but there’s no one that I really want to work with. I...
The Agony of “What Am I Supposed to Wear to an Investor Pitch?!”

The Agony of “What Am I Supposed to Wear to an Investor Pitch?!”

I was having lunch with a woman recently who I’ll call “Dior.” Dior has been a senior executive in a number of large media corporations and is now starting her own company and thinking about outside funding. We’d been having a lively conversation on different startup...