(This is the first of a 2-part post) When I was in college in the mid 90's, I was still hearing the phrase, "employed for life" a bit. This was when an employer could virtually guarantee an employee's financial well-being from fresh-graduate to even beyond retirement. Twenty to thirty-year careers were commonplace and a societal…
(This is part 2 of 2-part series. You can read part 1 here) 3) Reluctance to Get Down and Dirty Take a gander at some of the Lean startup methodology books. There is a reason why this line of thinking has become quite severely influential for startups around the world. The principles are quite sound: information and…
Its a shame that most of the talks we find on startups and entrepreneurship center more on the successes. This is perfectly understandable - it is painful to talk about failures. Yes, we say stuff like "it's a badge," and "failing is a necessity," but you know, if one really poured her heart and soul into a…
Learning From Failure Might be a Tad Overrated By now, we've all heard a lot about how important it is to fail, how we need to start failing immediately - in a sense so we can find about what NOT to do the fastest way possible. Of course, we've all seen this happen, so I'm not about to…
If I'm not mistaken, I think this has been the longest time that has elapsed that I haven't written here. (where I wasn't sick or indisposed) Apologies. Given the rains, I actually had a lot of time to write, but I found myself spending a lot of time thinking and regrouping instead. Given all things I've been…
It still amazes me how so many of the largest companies in world started out as some crazy idea in someone's head. Then, these individuals began talking about it with another person. Perhaps Larry invited Sergey over for a coffee chat, perhaps Steve started an argument with Woz, Hewlett started brainstorming with Packard, Procter meets with Gamble…
Looking at the Philippine landscape, in a few years I think there will be two major types of firms here in the our country: The Behemoth They are already here, and they will grow even bigger. I've recently pitched to a couple of BPO firms who project to number in the 50,000's by next year. That is…
It's probably THE MOST overused cliche in the entrepreneur world, right? Find something you are passionate with! You will never work a day again! This is true of course. (which is why its a cliche) I do think though that for some people, this gets in the way because people try to look for their passion in…
Haven't done a book review in awhile! I have plowed through more than a couple of good books (and some meh ones) over the course of the last few months. Here's are some quick recommendations: 1. The Icarus Deception, Seth Godin As a big Seth Godin fan, this was the book I was drooling about in 2012.…
When we moved into our new office, we were in a momentary quandary about what to do with a good-sized room that was right smack in the middle of the layout. We could turn it into another meeting room - you could never have enough of those. Or perhaps a designated interview room? Incubate a startup idea…