From the category archives:
Jonathan Fields, author of Career Renegade, drew out the best of me for his podcast with me that he posted yesterday. He has a real knack for getting into the bigger issues, like both sides of entrepreneurship, and how important the rest of your life is, as compared to your business.
Yes, we do talk about [...]
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(I posted this yesterday on Small Business Trends. I’m reposting here because this is my main blog, and it belongs here too. Tim )
Last week a group of students interviewed me, as part of a class project, looking for secrets and keys to success. They were asking me because after 22 years of bootstrapping, my [...]
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Blogs are supposed to be personal, right? So allow me to personalize. Let’s consider the plight of one Megan Berry, 22 years old today, graduating from Stanford in two months with close to straight As.
Megan wants a job. More specifically, she wants a job related to social media and Internet marketing in the Silicon Valley.
In [...]
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People around Palo Alto Software are laughing (with me, not at me, I hope) today because I’ve never been particularly good at hair management, and in this SBTV video the I-forgot-a-comb style ends up looking like a toupee. I promise,…
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This is another question from the entrepreneur.com ask the experts section, and another one that comes up a lot, so I want to post my answer here too. Question: I’m 17 years old and my parents own a successful restaurant….
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I’m writing this on a cross-country flight, and posting it on our 38th wedding anniversary. Both of us had forgotten the date, we’re not celebrating, we’re flying to Miami for a speaking gig on Friday. However, my wife Vange just…
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How to involve your children in your business
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The Wall Street Journal has a story today on my decision to name Sabrina Parsons CEO of Palo Alto Software and dedicate my time to blogging, speaking, and my next book. It’s nice to get press notice, and Laura Lorber…
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If my wife and I raised well-educated, hard working children, who believe in our business and carry it forward, is that bad? At one point, years ago, we had preteen kids putting sticky labels on floppy disks in our living…
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I had a nice note from Steve King of Small Business Labs in my email today. The question was, “where do you find the time?” I enjoyed answering that, because we undervalue family business and success and such. So much…
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