Once a month or so you’ll receive an article with practical insight into launching and growing your business. In addition, you’ll get a glimpse into interesting, influential or useful business research and insight into my work as a business school professor and angel investor.
Andrew Mason sat across from me at the worn wooden table. His recently hired COO, Rob Solomon, sat by his side. On the other side of the plate-glass window, a wintery Chicago River flowed by our restaurant. “How much would you need to sell Obtiva to Groupon?” Andrew asked. Was I about to sell my […]
Over the past few years, I’ve chatted with several venture capital fund managers about coming on board as a venture partner (making introductions to potential limited partners, sourcing deal flow, pitching in with selection and due diligence, and mentoring portfolio teams). During these conversations, I realized I haven’t spent much time reflecting on my angel […]
I was interviewed by Inc. Magazine on Dolly Parton’s partnership with Squarespace. The article, “Dolly Parton Wants Your Side Hustle to Go Big: Squarespace taps the country music legend to win over middle America,” by Gabrielle Bienasz ran in conjunction with the 2021 Super Bowl, where a coveted Super Bowl advertisement was aired to promote […]
Much of the popular writing entrepreneurs turn to for guidance is flim-flam. Popular entrepreneurship books and articles have a foundation built from the experiences–often impressive experiences–of their authors. This writing falls into what I call the Richard Branson, “grow long hair and you, too, can own a private island,” genre of business advice. So why […]
As researchers, we’ve all become inured to spending precious hours slogging through Google Scholar, ProQuest, and other databases. We must find those articles to read and cite. But, if we can save just one or two minutes per article, it can add up to more time for…whatever else you do. There are a few useful […]
Are you an academic researcher who relies on self-report survey data? Even if you haven’t used it in your own project, you have probably heard mention of computer-aided text analysis (CATA). CATA offers a way to quantify text, thereby, acquiring an understanding of a text’s author. It is an interesting approach to supplement or replace […]
Let me guess: you’re easily distracted by your devices? The dings, beeps, andevil little red notification bubbles are impossible to resist. (This is bydesign, of course.) Colleagues are just as distracting. Every time someone pops their head into your office for a “quick question,” it’s as if they have a little red notification bubble glowing […]
I recently made a guest appearance on the podcast, “Tech Guys Who Invest.” The hosts Kevin and Adam are IT workers who invest in multifamily real estate and real estate notes. I, on the other hand, spend my time angel investing. It was fun comparing and contrasting our different investing domains and the audience certainly heard about […]
I’ve launched fully into my HigherEd teaching career recently, having landed my first full-time faculty position this past summer. This means lots of course prep. A new graduate course I’m prepping, Change Management and Consulting, will have four group projects for the 48 students. So, 4 groups times 12 students times 4 projects mean a […]
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