Launching your own business is an incredibly hard endeavor. Bringing a new product or service to the market is a very challenging task; it is difficult to cut through the noise and “break through” the inertia of the marketplace. For this reason, when starting out, the aspiring entrepreneur should only …

Hey people, today I have the utmost pleasure of presenting you a guest post from Vasso Kalaitzidou. I had the chance of meeting Vasso a few months ago and was impressed by her professionalism and her tenacity. Vasso is an “engineer camouflaged as marketer” and she is focused on getting …

Deconstructing the operations and business model of other companies, whether these are successful or not, is an effective way of understanding business and investing. In this post, we will be looking inside a global publishing company with annual revenues of more than $100 Million. The process I will follow will …

The world of business is changing before our eyes. Industries are getting disrupted, and old incumbents are being displaced in favor of new, tech-savvy companies that grow like crazy and reach behemoth sizes. In this rapidly changing environment, you need to constantly catch up and remain up to speed. You …

You have finally accepted reality. You understand that the only way to get really, really rich is by building a massive, scalable business. You recognize that the world of business has changed and you need to embrace a new way of building businesses. As with everything in life, before you …

Cashflow is the bloodline of your business. Without adequate cashflow, operations halt and companies flirt with bankruptcy. As the old adage goes: Revenue is Vanity. Profit is Sanity. Cash is Reality. Given its importance, you would expect entrepreneurs to cautiously track and monitor their incoming and outgoing flows of cash. …

More than anything I consider myself a pragmatist. I strive to see things for what they really are. As a pragmatist, I prefer to take the path of least resistance. This does not mean that I shy away from hard work. On the contrary, I embrace the fact that to …

This post is the second one in my article series on how to bootstrap your startup. The series is based on the excellent presentation on the matter by Oussama Ammar, cofounder and partner at The Family. Make sure to watch the presentation online on Youtube, it is definitely worth your …

I am always fascinated by the art of bootstrapping. By bootstrapping, we refer to the process of using one’s own finances, perseverance and resourcefulness to launch, build and grow a new company. Entrepreneurs that bootstrap their businesses refrain from accepting outside funding from Angel investors or Venture Capitalists. There are …

A few days ago, extraordinary entrepreneur Garrett Camp, co-founder of both StumbleUpon and Uber, shared the first pitch deck the Uber team had created in late 2008. In case you somehow missed it, Uber (originally called ‘UberCab’) is an on-demand car service available via a mobile application. It has expanded …