Michael Gracie 

Despite the dorm-room folklore: People founding tech companies over the last ten years had an average and median age of 39-years… I’d like to see success/failure rates along with these figures.

A few parallels worth mentioning: The need for patience and persistence – Not everyone is going to buy into your idea the moment you deliver it. By the same token, neither is a trout. Be patient with people as well as finicky aquatica – adjust your presentation to achieve the intended objective. Quit too soon, [...]

…there’s still the hundred-hour work weeks, the race to market, the unexpected competitors, the fights in the hallway with the other founders, the divorce, etc. But, of course, if you fretted about all that minor stuff, you wouldn’t be entrepreneuring in the first place. – from Michael Malone – ABC News: Silicon Insider. All those [...]

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Alva Edison Nobody should feel sorry for the guy or gal struggling in their basement with a crazy idea – they are learning. And for those struggling, well you only have to be right once. Thanks go out to the contributors.

I have done a few good deals, and a few bad ones. In the good ones, I was best described by my board as a pain in the ass, but I got the job done so there were few regrets in the end. But I never worked with that particular board again, not because I [...]

“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.” – Douglas Adams Just food for thought…

I have been an entrepreneur and a consultant, and I personally feel I am fair to middling at both. But I have seen some good ones, and have a few observations in the noggin archive. There is a fundamental difference between the two, which relates to their target audience. It is all about who they [...]