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Vision (48)
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
...About once a month I get a Google alert notifying me that someone is looking for a Web developer who can copy the functionality of my Web site. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
...Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, when asked how he was always on the puck before anyone else, pointed out that he was by no means the fastest skater on the ice. Instead he explained that he always just focused on skating toward where the puck was going to be. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
...If you asked me to point to the heart and soul of a startup company, I would not say it’s the people, the culture, or even the product. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
...About once a month I get a Google alert notifying me that someone is looking for a Web developer who can copy the functionality of my Web site. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, October 13, 2008
...Anyone who’s survived the last down market knows that there are diamonds in the rubble of a broken economy. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
...There's an old adage that says "Entrepreneurs do what other people won't in order to do what other people can't." [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
...Like everything else in this life, the plan for your new startup company will almost certainly change beyond anything you could have contemplated.  [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
...After you listen to about a hundred startup company pitches you start to notice that they all sink or swim on just a few basic points.  [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
...Contrary to popular belief, great companies are not borne from great ideas alone.  [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, May 1, 2008
...In this episode, Wil discusses with Jim of MyPersonalBrilliance.com his formula to create an innovate company. Wil also explains how questioning your  [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
...Wil Schroter discusses with Jim Canterucci of MyPersonalBrilliance.com his definition of success and the difficulties of evaluating the market for [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
...In the movie Liar Liar, Jim Carrey plays attorney Fletcher Reede, who’s been cursed with the inability to lie. Every attempt Fletcher makes to lie results in him blurting out the God’s honest truth instead.  [more]
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
...A question many have tried to answer through a series of books. A question that many have assumed to which they know the answer. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, February 14, 2008
...Had a great visit a few weeks ago to the Vator.tv offices and shot a quick interview with Bambi Francisco. You can View My Interview here. Vator is g [more]
Author: Delilah Panio
Thursday, February 7, 2008
...Interview with Colin Campbell, CEO of Hostopia.com Inc on how to make it as a public company in the U.S. north of the border. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
...Leading a startup company is nothing like leading a big, established company. Startups are focused foremost on survival, while big companies direct [more]
Author: Damon Caiazza
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
...People want to be firemen, policewomen, and teachers. They don’t ever say they want to be an entrepreneur. Why is this? My take is you either are or you aren’t. [more]
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
...With the SuperBowl coming up – it’s only natural for everyone to be thinking about football. I’m not a huge football fan, but I enjoy watching the games regularly.  [more]
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
... Most people start their new business or company for themselves. This is fine, our free-market economy is structured so that self-interest rewards [more]
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
...Thomas Edison’s famous quote, “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration” is the embodiment of a startup. There is often a lot said about the  [more]
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
...Customers are obviously the only reason your business exists, or will exist, or will continue to exist. I mentioned before in What’s In It for Them [more]
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, November 19, 2007
...How many of you talk to your close friends and family about your startup ideas? And how many times have you gotten solid, honest, and constructive [more]
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, October 29, 2007
...I’ve been pondering the pros and cons of starting up based on an unoriginal idea. It sounds bad when you hear it, as I think the startup culture has wrapped entrepreneurship in this bubble that expects new and entirely innovative solutions. [more]
Author: Jared Tame
Monday, October 22, 2007
...Have you ever wondered what makes some startups successful and leaves others selling off their furniture? As an entrepreneur, I’ve always wondered how it happens. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, October 15, 2007
...Once again moving sleep down my priority list, we've rallied and launched a new company - GotCast.com!  (its company #10 for me) The concept is  [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, October 4, 2007
...The equity in your startup company, often distributed in the form of stock options, is the most valuable asset you will ever part with. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, August 9, 2007
...Aspiring entrepreneurs are often faced with a tough question – would you rather own 100% of your own company or own a percentage of someone else's? [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, July 20, 2007
...Remember Day One of your new startup? You jumped out of bed, kissed your wife on your way to work, and ran into the office ready to conquer the world. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
...I'm out in Palo Alto today, spreading the Go BIG gospel far and wide, listening to entrepreneurs tell their startup stories.  I even ra [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
...Every month I make a pilgrimage to Silicon Valley to visit my startup brethren and soak in the startup vibe.  And every month I return home to Co [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, May 18, 2007
...Last night you woke up at 3 a.m. with the best new business idea you've ever had. You ran to your computer, started Googling similar terms, ran throug [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
... People often ask me how I knew a company that I started was going to be successful. They equate the concept of being successful to finding a white li [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
... Recently I had a forum discussion with a group of really smart MBA students where we talked about starting companies. The students were armed with a  [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, February 23, 2007
...People talk about turning a dream into a reality.  It's often just a tired euphemism, but in the case of starting a company that's exactly what y [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Monday, January 29, 2007
...There is truly a right way and a wrong way to pitch your company via e-mail. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
...Introduction to my new blog. [more]
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
If you spend enough time listening to venture capitalists and industry pundits talk about the next big opportunities in on-line commerce, you would think there are only a dozen companies that will ever be successful. Companies in huge mar (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
Your new startup idea already has the potential to be worth millions today. The problem is you may not know how to spend the type of money your vision creates. Startup companies can manufacture their own wondrous currency called opportunity. They (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
If you’re thinking about starting a company, please don’t write a business plan. Stop, put the keyboard down, and step back. You’re wasting valuable time. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that you run aimlessly into the s (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
Let me ask you something – is reading this column the most important thing you could be doing right now? If you’re 35,000 feet in the sky flying to your next sales call, then maybe it is. But if you’re sitting at your desk in the midd (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
Selling the vision of your new product to customers and investors is a lot like selling fire to cavemen – it may look wondrous and new, but chances are they have no idea what they’re looking at. That’s because most entrepreneu (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
So there you are on day one of your new venture. You’ve thought long and hard about your new idea and you’re ready to build a great company that is going to change the world. Now it’s time to attract customers, employees, and investors. N (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
Are you an entrepreneur with a business idea that just can’t seem to get the support you deserve? Maybe you’ve completed a business plan but no one seems to want to read it. Or you’ve created a fantastic product that no one seems to want  (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
These days the companies that are blowing the doors off everyone else – the Googles, PayPals, and eBays of the world – have shown us that the path to getting big fast is all about scaling, not just growing. They’ve learned how to create s (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
The smartest entrepreneurs aren’t the ones who figure out the solutions to big problems, they are the ones who actually understand the value of those big problems. Smart entrepreneurs focus on the very essence of why the problem exists an (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
If you asked me to point to the heart and soul of a startup company, I would not say it’s the people, the culture, or even the product. I would say it’s the pitch. The pitch is that one message that, when delivered, makes people say “wow, (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
The "Great One" said it best Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, when asked how he was always on the puck before anyone else, pointed out that he was by no means the fastest skater on the ice. Instead he explained that he always just  (more...)
Author: Wil Schroter
Friday, January 5, 2007
When I was a kid I thought I had it all figured out. All of the big decisions in life -- what I wanted to do for a living, who I was going to marry, and where I was going to live -- were easy to make. I was going to become a fireman, marr (more...)


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