Comments on: Guest post: How to start a business if you know nothing about business http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:19:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: sdfsd@dsfsdf.com http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-172777 sdfsd@dsfsdf.com Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:56:26 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-172777 Ben, I just lost all respect for you. Why would sink so low as to blog on Brazen Carrerist? This blog is terrible, and just makes you look bad. Ben,

I just lost all respect for you. Why would sink so low as to blog on Brazen Carrerist? This blog is terrible, and just makes you look bad.

]]> By: Larkland Morley http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-106965 Larkland Morley Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:47:41 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-106965 Very good general. Especially in the area of having a team to help along the way Very good general. Especially in the area of having a team to help along the way

]]> By: Tarek Demiati http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-105246 Tarek Demiati Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:36:41 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-105246 +1 for reading a lot of books about Entrepreneurship : One of my favourites one being "The Art Of The Start" from Guy Kawasaki. It's a master piece, I highly recommend it. I'm also a strong believe that entrepreneur should have strong moral values & ethics, therefore I can't agree more with Guy Kawasaki, try becoming a Mensch : http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/how_to_be_a_men.html Too often entrepreneur are too often portrayed as greedy escrow, this need to be adressed. HINT : Penelope, this could make a great article in itself : Ethics in the (cinycal?) corporate world :-) +1 for reading a lot of books about Entrepreneurship :

One of my favourites one being "The Art Of The Start" from Guy Kawasaki.
It's a master piece, I highly recommend it.

I'm also a strong believe that entrepreneur should have strong moral values & ethics,
therefore I can't agree more with Guy Kawasaki, try becoming a Mensch :
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/02/how_to_be_a_men.html

Too often entrepreneur are too often portrayed as greedy escrow, this need to be adressed.

HINT : Penelope, this could make a great article in itself : Ethics in the (cinycal?) corporate world :-)

]]> By: What’s the hardest thing about doing a startup? » ColoradoStartups.com http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-79436 What’s the hardest thing about doing a startup? » ColoradoStartups.com Thu, 31 May 2007 07:18:41 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-79436 [...] Except that talking about what you’re going to do is really different from doing it. So you have to harbor a bias towards action, and you have to start doing. That starts the clock. That starts the learning. [...] [...] Except that talking about what you're going to do is really different from doing it. So you have to harbor a bias towards action, and you have to start doing. That starts the clock. That starts the learning. [...]

]]> By: Philip Baddeley http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-75815 Philip Baddeley Thu, 24 May 2007 09:20:44 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-75815 This is great advice. Get out and talk to the market. People also need to think about equity and which journey they want to take. Equity Fingerprint is a free business plan resource on equity distribution. If they want to do a facebook, Bebo or Skype they need to raise millions of VC funds. Facebook is up to $38million from more than four investors. Bebo has Benchmark on board. The more "customer engagement" you have, the better the deal with the VCs. Hat tip: Geoff Jones www.geoffjones.com This is great advice. Get out and talk to the market. People also need to think about equity and which journey they want to take. Equity Fingerprint is a free business plan resource on equity distribution. If they want to do a facebook, Bebo or Skype they need to raise millions of VC funds. Facebook is up to $38million from more than four investors. Bebo has Benchmark on board. The more "customer engagement" you have, the better the deal with the VCs.
Hat tip: Geoff Jones http://www.geoffjones.com

]]> By: Terry http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-74722 Terry Tue, 22 May 2007 02:33:16 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-74722 And don't give up. And don't give up.

]]> By: Startup Your Life « Great Presentations Mean Business http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-74516 Startup Your Life « Great Presentations Mean Business Mon, 21 May 2007 16:41:21 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/05/21/how-to-start-a-business-if-you-know-nothing-about-business/#comment-74516 [...] UPDATE: …or Jeff Nolan’s …or Kavit Haria’s …or his guest column at Brazen Careerist. Even Valleywag bothered to snit about it, and since they’re always nasty, their wag is its own endorsement. [...] [...] UPDATE: …or Jeff Nolan's …or Kavit Haria's …or his guest column at Brazen Careerist. Even Valleywag bothered to snit about it, and since they're always nasty, their wag is its own endorsement. [...]

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