My Company’s Identity Crisis

4 years ago

This afternoon I had a follow-up call with a prospective investor, Tom, to review our pitch deck. We were going…

Grants fill the gap in funding startups where investors don’t

4 years ago

What market is experiencing massive growth and has is the focus of only a handful of investors and VCs? I…

Weekly Lessons – 12/7/2020 – 12/11/2020

4 years ago

Engage plastic manufacturers or full-service prototyping shops early in the process when going to production. Your mechanical engineer and industrial…

It’s time to start a parallel effort.

5 years ago

Since March, I have been working with my team to adjust our existing dementia safety wearable to help organizations manage…

Where incubators fail

5 years ago

I cannot speak for all incubators or accelerators, but I can talk to the two that I have been apart…

7 Hiring Steps from a First Time Founder

5 years ago

My first employee fell into my lap. In August 2018, I had this crazy idea that there was all this…

Getting to Product/Market Fit: Reverse Engineered System and Instructions

5 years ago

From my searching, I stumbled upon this article written by Rahul Vohra, the founder and CEO of Superhuman. He boldly…

Sales 101: Get a Face-to-Face

6 years ago

The investor call ended, and on cue, my partner called me to discuss. “Sales 101, get a face to face…

There’s more to life than retirement

6 years ago

45 degrees, I’ll take it for Chicago spring weather.I thought as I left my apartment for work. It was the…

The Main Street Entrepreneurs

6 years ago

In 1950, my Grandpa moved from his childhood hometown of Pittsburgh, PA to Wilmington, NC in search of a career.…