Entrepreneurship and the False Positives of Early Sales Win
“We just won the Dell account! This deal is close to $500k in ARR and will bring us close to $1m in ARR. The entire team is celebrating - it is a game-changer for the entire company” - Founder of startup Every entrepreneur dreams of this day and when it FINALLY...
Entrepreneurship and the False Positives of Early Sales Win
“We just won the Dell account! This deal is close to $500k in ARR and will bring us close to $1m in ARR. The entire team is celebrating - it is a game-changer for the entire company” - Founder of startup Every entrepreneur dreams of this day and when it FINALLY...
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Entrepreneurship and the False Positives of Early Sales Win
“We just won the Dell account! This deal is close to $500k in ARR and will bring us close to $1m in ARR. The entire team is celebrating - it is a game-changer for the entire company” - Founder of startup Every entrepreneur dreams of this day and when it...
Monkey Masters: Rusty Shelton
For my fourth Monkey Masters installment, I am thrilled to interview Rusty Shelton. Rusty is an entrepreneurial jack of all trades! Author, speaker and business owner, Rusty has done and seen it all. Prior to founding his current agency, Zilker Media, Rusty...
Monkey Masters: Jason Dorsey
For my third interview of Monkey Masters, I am thrilled to interview Jason Dorsey. Jason is one of the most interesting entrepreneurs I have ever met and his insights, experience and background are truly exceptional. The list of Jason’s accomplishments is...
Monkey Masters: John Pleasants
For my second interview of Monkey Masters, I am thrilled to interview John Pleasants. To say that John is a “silicon valley” rock star would be an understatement. During his career, John has led several public and private companies and created billions in...
Monkey Masters: Cotter Cunningham
For my first interview of Monkey Masters, I am thrilled to interview Cotter Cunningham. It is hard to imagine a better entrepreneur to interview for my inaugural Monkey Master’s blog series than the one and only Cotter Cunningham (full bio at the end of...
Introducing MONKEY MASTERS – An Interview Series for Entrepreneurs
In my book, Mr. Monkey and Me - A Real Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs, I tell stories about the inner voice that tried over and over again to sabotage my career and squash my dreams. The voices of fear, uncertainty and doubt never seemed to end and...
Should It Stay or Should It Go
I was driving my daughter home from school the other day when a rock classic came on the radio. I had used this Clash song to express my emotions to my girlfriend way back in 8th grade. It was a long time ago but my inability to express myself remains an issue to this date. But I digress…
As An Entrepreneur You Can Expect a Lot of Things
As an entrepreneur you can expect a lot of things that come with the journey – it is more than anything else a proverbial rollercoaster. Excitement, uncertainty, a sense of accomplishment and the pure adrenaline of chasing your dream. In the beginning, most...
Five Lessons About Entrepreneurship That I Learned in 2020
2020 was a hell of a year on many accounts. Entrepreneurship was no different.