Tag Archives: Entrepreneur
MBA to run small business?
Do entrepreneurs need an MBA?
I have read this question and variants of this question so many times. After attaining my MBA and working in a couple of entrepreneurial ventures I think that I have found the answer to the question. So… what is it? It depends on you.
Is there an advantage to having an MBA? [...]
Why am I doing this?
You started your own business or maybe you’ve just thought about starting your own business. The question is why? Why are you going to try starting a business or why did you start a business? It’s a lot of headache. Did you start it for the money? Or maybe the time? Or was it the [...]
Random Thoughts
I was just taking a few minutes and reviewing some of my recent posts here on StartUpStudent. While doing that I noticed that there is kind of method to what I feel is my madness. If you put the tasks together hopefully you’re going to find a set of steps that will take you down [...]
Baby Steps
Have you seen the movie “What about Bob?“? In that movie, Bob is afraid of going out of his house and the doctor tells Bob to use baby steps to get places. So, Bob is repeating that throughout the movie “Baby Steps to the car… Baby steps to the car”. Anyway, this is really a [...]
What do you love?
Everyday you read articles about people who have created the business of their dreams. You also read about people who are creating new niches that no one ever thought of. What I really find interesting is that at least 9 times out of 10 the people have found an idea that they are absolutely consumed [...]
Interview with tatango.com’s founder/CEO Derek Johnson
I had the privilege to do an email interview with Derek Johnson over at Tatango. We were connected via a twitter conversation when I requested doing an interview with him. Tatango is an instant messaging service focused on connecting groups together, which recently launched a public beta of its services. The firm has scored funding [...]
Are you creating a job or business?
Doesn’t that sound like a funny question? What does that mean? Really what you are trying to do is not have to go and find that next cube farm job. You want to be in a position where you are the boss. It will be you making all the decisions, interacting with the clients, and [...]
What’s your idea that won’t work?