Cubii Once upon a time in 2013, I taught a course called Building the New Venture to University of Chicago undergraduates. Teams of students took concepts of their choice and explored the potential for a business, developed minimum viable [...]

Two Deals I see a lot of funding opportunities.  Most of them are in Ireland and the USA for practical reasons.   See, I have experience in those markets, as well as contacts, domain experts, potential co-investors and future funders.  Investing [...]

I take notes for this blog (and for other writing that I do).  Most of my scribblings go nowhere but the circular file, but now and again a thought takes root and grows into something I hope merits reading (see last week’s post, number 12).  [...]

Cover your Ass I’ve been working on a new approach to writing business plans that, if it makes sense, will appear as part of an upcoming Validator webinar (if you’re not watching Validator webinars, it’s about time you started.  They’re [...]

Now for the Hard Part Marilyn Monroe had stage fright. Bad stage fright. Before she’d go out to film a scene or face an audience, Marilyn repeated a mantra borrowed from a circus aerialist. She’d say to herself, ‘This next trick is impossible’, [...]

Bob Rosenberg Educator (Associate Professor) / Entrepreneur / Leader of angel communities /  Entrepreneur in residence at PorterShed and BioExcel I have the luxury (sic) of remembering another August as disquieting as this month. It was 1968 and [...]