Entrepreneur
I recently spoke with Tom Taulli from Forbes about our Build-A-Business Competition. Tom was interested in hearing how we are using mentorship, along with equity investments, to motivate aspiring entrepreneurs to “get off their butt” and build new online businesses. Here’s the full article.
When I first heard the Peter Tosh lyric, “Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die”, it really resonated with me. Ever since I was a child, I had noticed that as a society we embrace the idea of going to ‘heaven’ (a post-mortem destination that purports to be majestic, peaceful and cathartic), despite the fact that most of us seem petrified of death. Ironic. It seems like we’re excited about the destination, but loathe the journey. Recently, I’ve been feeling the same way about parts of the ‘startup’ scene. Each day I receive a dozen or so emails from wide-eyed entrepreneurs that want to build startups. Most of them have great ideas, strong passion, and real conviction; however only a handful of them end up executing. They all want to be successful, but most of them don’t want to seriously invest the time and effort required. “Everybody wants to launch a startup, but few want to put in the work” – HF. #Hustle
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of doing another interview with Andrew Warner on Mixergy, one of my favorite podcasts. Here’s the ‘cheat sheet‘ and summary of that session, titled ‘Agile BD, Part 2’.
I have been using Pinterest for about 3 months now, and have been really enjoying the UI / UX and its functionality. Here are my boards & my pins.
Really humbled and excited that Shopify has been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies in retail. See full article here.
TechCrunch News: “Shopify, which provides a turnkey e-commerce technology that lets anyone create a storefront online, has acquired mobile app and game studio Select Start Studios.” See full article here.
Quoted: “I believe that we should all endeavor to produce our best work, and managers and entrepreneurs alike should look at the merit of their employees and partners as the most important and most relevant criteria for evaluation.” See my full article in Fast Company here.
QUOTED: “On Monday, Jaded Pixel Technologies Inc. — better known by its online name, Shopify— will announce it has closed a $15-million round of venture capital financing from a group of Canadian and American investors.” See full article HERE
This is the first article for a new series that I am working on w/ Practical eCommerce. The series is called ‘Innovators & Trendsetters‘, and will focus on emerging and unique – strategies being implemented by successful online shops. This instalment revolves around ‘seasonality‘ and capitalizing on seasonal trends. See full article here.
[UPDATE] New Post: ‘3 Unusual eCommerce Models‘
I am excited to announce that I will be doing some mentoring @ FounderFuel. FounderFuel is a killer accelerator program that is focused on developing tech startups – within an ecosystem of experienced entrepreneurs, top executives, VCs, and Angels. If you know any entrepreneurs / startups that could thrive via a unique & intensive acceleration, apply here.
E-Commerce Times Article: ‘Have E-Commerce Your Way’
By: Harley Finkelstein – Part of the ‘Expert Advice’ Series
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