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How to Easily Evaluate your Startup Idea
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]
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Your Idea Alone has no Value
Author: Wil Schroter
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
...Contrary to popular belief, great companies are not borne from great ideas alone.  [more]
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Wil Discusses Ideas and Solutions with Jim Canterucci (Part
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]
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Wil Discusses Success with Jim Canterucci (Part 1 of 4)
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]
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What if every Entrepreneur had to tell the Truth?
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]
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What makes an Entrepreneur?
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]
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Wil Interviewed on Vator for Go BIG and GotCast
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]
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Going Public in Canada - Interview with Colin Campbell, CEO
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]
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What a Startup Company Founder’s Priority List Looks Like
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]
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Don’t Ever Say “I want to be an entrepreneur”
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]
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Why Are the Patriots So Good?
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]
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No Room for Ego in Entrepreneurship
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]
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Inspiration Versus Perspiration
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]
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Always Have a Customer Lined Up
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]
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Don’t Seek Approval for Ideas
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]
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Are Unoriginal Ideas Bad?
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]
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Achieving Early High-Tech Startup Marketing & Sales Success
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]
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Anatomy of a Web Site Launch: GotCAST.com
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]
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Treating Your Options Like Organs
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]
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How much is 100 Percent of a Company with No Value Worth?
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]
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Dealing with the Second Year Funk of a Startup
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]
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Pitch Everyone, All the Time
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]
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7 Things Silicon Valley Could Learn from Columbus, Ohio
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]
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Someone Already Thought of My Idea - Now What?
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]
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Finding the Light at the End of the Tunnel
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]
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Entrepreneurs don't evaluate risk, they just take it on
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]
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Starting a Company is Like Living a Dream
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]
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How to pitch your company via email
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]
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New Year, New Blog
Author: Wil Schroter
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
...Introduction to my new blog. [more]
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