Can Entrepreneurship be taught?

Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup author Bill Aulet said this in an upcoming Business901 Podcast: Bill: There is an enormous need for this. We’re already into, you know Joe, this is two weeks out and we’re going into our second printing. I have been blown away by the demand for this. I Read More …

6 Minutes to Facilitation Expertise

The story of Austin’s Butterfly with Ron Berger is one of the best lessons I have seen for continuous improvement. It applies the principles of iterations, collaboration, and feedback. Austin was able to improve the last effort dramatically and, as a result, did not even have to Pivot. The insights by the participants and their Read More …

Innovate from Inside the Box

We are all familiar with the thought of Outside the Box thinking and brainstorming. Methods that surprisingly are not all that productive. However, the alternative is something called TRIZ which to a sales and marketing guy, like me, seems way over complicated. A nice diagram and a simplified explanation of the process are contained in Read More …

Industrial iPad Case – Moving Digital to Shop Floor

The Trego is a wearable case for the iPad allowing for true portability of your iPad whether you are on the loading dock, stacking boxes or at a trade show. It extends the functionality of the iPad no matter if you are sitting, standing or taking payment. You can even flip the screen for a Read More …

SPIDER Product Launch Template

SPIDER is an acronym for See, Plan, Imagine, Design/Sell, Execute and Renew. I was doing research on a product launch program for a client and came across a mind map that I had used for a program several years ago. I wondered if it had stood the test of time. This program was based on Read More …

Goodbye Eric Ries, Hello Ernesto Sirolli

This may be a better description of what is needed in a startup than Eric Ries’s The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. I even may take it a step further and state that every sales and marketing person should listen to this message. Ernesto accurately describes what Read More …