I Want to be An Entrepreneur. What Steps do I Take?
By Tim Berry
What Steps to be a Tech Entrepreneur? I’m 18 years old and want to be a successful tech entrepreneur. What steps should I take? That one, specifically, popped up in my email today from Quora, the excellent questions-and-answers site that I frequent often. But that’s just today. I saw a very similar question from a... Read More »
Infographic: Stats and Rankings on Schools Teaching Entrepreneurship
By Tim Berry
I don’t agree with everything in this infographic,but at the very least it’s an interesting summary. Notice the huge increase in the number of institutions offering courses on entrepreneurship. The question it asks — can schools teach entrepreneurship — isn’t one to be answered with statistics and rankings. Of course that takes a qualitative answer,... Read More »
Top 10 Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
By Tim Berry
For some really good startup advice, and lots of good reminders, here is Guy Kawasaki’s Top 10 Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs, on YouTube, courtesy of Stanford Business. I don’t agree with everything Guy says here but I really like his being comfortable with his own opinions, and how he presents them as opinions, not fact. This... Read More »
Do You Want Your Daughter to be a Successful Entrepreneur?
By Tim Berry
I stumbled on this question on Quora: How should I raise a 12-year-old girl to be a successful entrepreneur? I have four grown-up daughters. Some of them are “successful entrepreneurs,” all of them have tried, some are still trying. So I care a lot about this subject. There are good answers already posted. The answer I like... Read More »
Why Steve Strauss Hires English Majors
By Tim Berry
By the way, did I say I was an English major for my BA? Yes, software entrepreneur, yes, business planner, erstwhile programmer, and MBA … but I carry around a degree in English Literature. I don’t push that up a lot in my bio, but it’s there in the fine print. So I like what... Read More »
Can We Disrupt Education Without Losing Its Benefits?
By Tim Berry
I’m conflicted: On the one hand, I’m very much in favor of technology disrupting traditional education. On the other hand, what about the value of traditional educational institutions as rite of passage, validation, and cultural catalyst? Can we possible have it both ways? So many people agree education has to change. Imagine a tablet-based program... Read More »
Infographic: Degrees and Money
By Tim Berry
This Infographic from Mint is hard to read at this size, so you probably want to click on the image to go to the source. On the left you have unemployment broken down according to the degrees held, from PhD at the top to just high school on the bottom. On the right you have... Read More »
Can School Make You a Better Entrepreneur?
By Tim Berry
I stumbled over Antonio Neves’ post Can School Make You a Better Entrepreneur? on Entrepreneur.com. Antonio does a good job giving a balanced view of that very interesting question, and he asks bonified smart person Chris Guillebeau too, which is always a good idea. Chris gets the best quote in the piece: ‘You might as well learn... Read More »
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