Part Three: John Osher's Startup Mistakes in Management

This is the third part in a four part series.  Gary Schoeniger discusses his interview with one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs John Osher and the mistakes that startups make.  Below is Part Three: Mistakes in Management. Part One discussed the mistakes in Market Researc... [More]
Posted by: Gary Schoeniger 3/10/2010 8:26 AM | Comments (0)

Entrepreneurial Approach Pays Off For Hurt Locker

By the ‘conventional wisdom’ that has prevailed in Hollywood over the last decade, The Hurt Locker should have been (quietly) happy to merely have been nominated for several Oscars and serve as grist for the mill that would have recognized the mega-production that is Avatar. After all,... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 3/09/2010 2:22 PM | Comments (1)

Entrepreneurship News Roundup: Week of 3/1/10

The startup veteran Linda Chamberlain has been named the Director of GVSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.  It will provide support services, mentoring and resources for high-growth entrepreneurs in West Michigan. The DreamIt Startup Incubator helps individuals take th... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 3/05/2010 6:20 AM | Comments (0)

Part Two: John Osher's Startup Mistakes with Financial Planning

This is the second part in a four part series.Gary Schoeniger discusses his interview with one of America's most successful entrepreneurs John Osher and the mistakes that startups make.  Below is Part Two: Mistakes in Financial Planning.  Part One discussed the mistakes in Market Res... [More]
Posted by: Gary Schoeniger 3/03/2010 6:02 AM | Comments (0)

Fool me once, shame on you … Fool me twice, I’m an idiot!

In my past companies while interviewing prospective new employees, when I get to the topic of our corporate culture, I was fond of saying that we encourage an entrepreneurial environment that respects the intellectual contribution of others, encourages rigorous debate, and is open to intelligent r... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 3/02/2010 8:06 AM | Comments (2)

Entrepreneurship News Roundup: Week of 2-22-10

Wade Roush discusses the idea behind AccelGolf, a mobile app developed by mCaddie which is one of nine startups that graduated from the TechStars Startup Boot Camp. To try and strengthen the links between local and national enterprises, and expand the program, The National Business Awards (NB... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 2/26/2010 7:37 AM | Comments (0)

Part One: John Osher's Startup Mistakes in Research and Strategy

This is the first in a four part series.  Gary Schoeniger discusses his interview with one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs John Osher and the 17 mistakes that startups make. For our purposes we will be breaking the mistakes out into different posts each week. Below is Part On... [More]
Posted by: Gary Schoeniger 2/24/2010 6:02 AM | Comments (2)

Leveraging Broadband to Power Growth

Last week the FCC unveiled recommendations for using broadband to advance key national priorities. The plan, which can be read here, identifies the top priorities as: • Creating jobs and economic opportunity • Improving healthcare and controlling costs • Provi... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 2/20/2010 10:09 AM | Comments (12)

Entrepreneurship News Roundup: Week of 2/15/2010

According to a survey done by the UK Business Barometer and UK Business Advisers Barometer Small Businesses are frustrated with the portrayal of TV entrepreneurs.  Most feel that they don’t properly illustrate the real-life challenges that face entrepreneurs. Job Searches can be stre... [More]
Posted by: Thom Ruhe 2/19/2010 8:59 AM | Comments (2)

The Courage to Think Big

In a recent interview, 28 year-old  Denuo Source founder Rahul Chowdhury described how business school gave him the courage to think big;“At the end of the day no matter what you do - you start a small little shop on the corner of Michigan Avenue selling newspapers, it still takes ... [More]
Posted by: Gary Schoeniger 2/17/2010 8:00 AM | Comments (3)

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