Insights and ideas

Explore thought-provoking perspectives from my long-running entrepreneurial blog.

The three choices in life

You can do one of three things in life:   Follow the money Follow the people Follow the heart  

Everyone is faking it

  You’re not the only one with sales problems. Cash flow issues. Staff uprisings. Doubts. Every startup is in the

Branding vs accounting policies

No one ever questions the CFO about the accounting policies. That’s because no one can understand, or see, the accounting

Focus on one mission, pray for luck

The path to success is focus. All your eggs in one basket. But it also makes you open to failure. The

Alabama and the Kruger National Park

  Alabama is like the Kruger National Park.   People visit Kruger so they can see things they’ve only seen

Go with it

Most times, you control events. You are the master of your destiny, of your business. But sometimes, things happen that

Never give up

Startup life is hard. Enduring rejection. Watching your friends in their safe company jobs make more money than you. Worrying

Your reputation doesn’t matter

  Whilst reputation can be a useful tool in the game of business, in the final analysis it simply doesn’t

Entrepreneurs push hard & early

  Selling is like pushing a ship.   Its damn hard getting the ship moving. Once moving its damn hard to stop