Design thinking is a skill that is arguably taught over several weeks and experiences. I was able to dig up a fantastic resource from Stanford that introduces students to the process in […]
Design Thinking Lesson in 60 Minutes
Entrepreneurship or College?
I’ve been getting this question a lot lately, so I thought it was worth a post. Before we get going, this is my opinion on an undergraduate degree. My thoughts about this […]
Don’t Listen To Your Friends
I don’t ask my friends and family what they think of this blog. If you have a product or service you want to demo, you don’t want to ask your family and friends […]
The Easiest and Stupidest Way To Name Your Company
As an entrepreneurship professor, every semester I have about 20-30 student teams developing concepts and the first big question they struggle with is: What should we name our company? While there are […]
Three Resources to Get Started On Your Pitch Deck – Two are Free
As you may have read in my previous post The Business Plan is Dead, the pitch deck is the key to garnering an investor’s attention. If you cannot tell your story in […]
Five Small Details That Give Your Investor Pitch an Edge
It’s the big day. You and your partners have prepared your slide deck, you have your executive summary printed, and are ready to share your amazing investment opportunity. Here are five simple tips that […]
How to Build a Financial Model – The Best Tool Ever
If you’ve read my previous post on unit economics you know how important assumptions are in building a financial model for your business. However, building assumptions into a financial model requires some strong […]
Seven Deadly Sins of Pitching
There are certainly more than just seven mistakes that you can make when pitching to investors, but these seven could definitely be the nail in the coffin that prevents you from getting […]
Addiction to Ideas: How to Break the Cycle
This was me about 10 years ago: Hi, I’m Colleen. I’m an entrepreneurship professor. I listen to ideas all day long and I can’t get enough of them. I dream about my students ideas and […]
Three Best Friends College Entrepreneurs Need To Make On Campus
While most entrepreneurs in the United States tend to start businesses after the age of 35 according to the Kauffman Foundation’s Index Start Up Activity, about 25% of entrepreneurs start businesses earlier. […]
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