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I’ve been involved in one way or another with business accelerators for more than thirty years. Sometimes you hear the names Accelerator and Incubator used interchangeably but these are two very [...]

If your company is a Fortune 1,000 or even a wannabe Fortune 1,000 then you probably know the best way to grow your top line revenues is with real product/service innovation. Something completely [...]

What’s the riskiest part of building any business big or small? Hint: This is the riskiest, most costly phase in and business timeline. You could be a few scrappy engineers trying to build a new [...]

I know the stock market is going crazy these days and churning up a lot of stomach acid, but It’s a fact of life that stock prices will always go up and down. The only sure thing is to keep your [...]

Facebook, Google, Netflix, and Amazon are all going strong right now but one thing is for sure… No disruptor has lasted forever. Just as these leaders crushed their predecessors, new innovative [...]

The world is changing fast… The Tech World even faster. And every day it seems like a new technology incubator/accelerator pops up.  Universities, venture capital firms, big companies, and [...]

Everyone seems to have a few favorite New Year’s resolutions. The same ones show up on your list every year. It’s like your own personal greatest hits. I guess it’s human nature to optimistically [...]

Over the last decade or so startup accelerators have been a great source of inspiration, education, connections and capital for new companies. Y-Combinator, the granddaddy of them all started on [...]

Two online retail sales forces are colliding this week…  Jet.com a potential Amazon rival went live and Amazon is announcing earnings. Jet.com has a great story ( link here)…   The former online [...]

There are basically three types of ideas when it comes to Startups. Small Ideas, Big Ideas, and DOA (Dead On Arrival) Ideas. Unfortunately most of the ideas I see fall into the first and last [...]