No one reads anything other than the first few lines of any article. I’m willing to bet, you probably won’t finish reading this post. The same goes for business plans. The harsh […]
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One of the Worst Mistakes When Pitching Your Idea
Our semester at Chico State just wrapped up. As part of my final exam, the students are required to pitch their concepts to a panel of external judges from the community. We call […]
A Challenge Facing Nonprofit Strategy – Caring Too Much
Anyone who has been involved in a board conversation or a management discussion within a nonprofit has faced the following question: Do we do what is best for the cause or best […]
How to Get the BEST Out of Your Nonprofit Board
I was speaking with a close associate of mine the other day about boards of directors. He is considered by many to be an expert in the area of philanthropy and he […]
Ok, but what do you DO? – A Pitch Disaster
This week I attended a local venture capital association meeting where I watched a few companies pitch their investment opportunities. One of the presentations was a classic case of what I call […]
4 Questions That Could Reduce Risk for Entrepreneurs: Unit Economics
Entrepreneurship is an uncertain activity. However, one of the most important aspects of reducing that uncertainty lies in unit economics. The primary questions of unit economics are: How much does it cost […]
Five Ways to Use Yelp! to Grow Your Volunteers
In my recent research interviewing over 50 executive directors of nonprofit organizations, the overwhelming majority of organizations were not fully utilizing volunteers as a resource for growing their organization. There were some larger […]
Entrepreneurialshipismish – How to speak entrepreneur
Working within and around entrepreneurship education brings me in contact with many different types of people. It is actually one of the coolest aspects of teaching entrepreneurship – it excludes no one. We […]
Mistakes Pitching Investors – Five Examples from a recent VC/Angel Conference (Part Two of Two)
Last week, I attended a venture capital/angel investor conference in the Bay Area and part of the event involved entrepreneurs pitching their concepts to the panel of VCs and angels. If you […]
Mistakes Pitching Investors – Five Examples from a Recent VC/Angel Conference (Part One of Two)
This week, I attended a venture capital (VC)/angel investor conference in the Bay Area and part of the event involved entrepreneurs pitching their concepts to a panel of VCs and angels. I was […]
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