Less than 1% of entrepreneurs reach their goals and fulfill their dreams. That means 99% are left dissatisfied. Why bother? Yet, so many do. The world has tens of millions of entrepreneurs or wanna be entrepreneurs – and growing. The definition of entrepreneur “is a person who has possession of a new enterprise,venture or idea, and assumes significant [...]

Have you got what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? Here are 12 facts about entrepreneurs that will likely surprise you and may just help you answer the question.

Techcrunch has a couple of interesting articles you should look at – one on how much VC’s really support innovation and another written by the founder of Meebo on what it takes to make it from nothing. Both support our view that entrepreneurs need the right independent advice and guidance to get it right. Investors [...]

Richard Branson goes without introduction. Greatest businessman or best pin-up for the hyper-active. You judge. Take a walk through his wild life.

So Danyl rocks X-Factor. A true innovatr proving that everything is possible. ‘Artist’, innovator, entrepreneur – all the way. His way. Be different.

There are some great entrepreneur interviews at Stanford’s eCorner. The wonder of Stanford is its proximity to so much that is successful in and around Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs often come from or are linked to Stanford University so they have strong pulling power. Worth checking out.

It was Alain Kane from the FT that way back in the late 1990′s wrote that when all was said and done the greatest beneficiaries of the digital revolution would be the creators of original content. The creators – not distributors, producers or marketers. And so the story has unfolded. The last decade has seen [...]

Following the digital big bang small businesses and start-ups will be able to compete with larger businesses as never before. And anyone will be able to afford to start a small business. Capital will no longer be the scarce resource – ideas, marketing and attitude will. Just look at Twitter. For anyone will be able [...]

Having read an interesting blog from a failed entrepreneur who clearly believes that he should have known better it got me thinking about what he was really missing. And I think it was context. He talks about lacking domain expertise and making certain key decisions that later proved flawed. What I believe he needed was a [...]