Tagged: startup mindset
“The Entrepreneurial Mindset” (cover article for Strive Magazine)
How do entrepreneurs think? What distinguishes the best entrepreneurs and innovators from the rest? Originally published as the cover article for Strive Magazine, January 2019 For the past 30 years, I’ve pursued the answer to this question: “What...
Scalable Founders Event
Personal growth may be one of the toughest challenges an entrepreneur may face. Only those who learn how to grow personally will survive and thrive — scaling the company, scaling the team, and “scaling” themselves.
Two ways Europe can accelerate the creation & growth of startups
I recently had a fascinating dinner with a delegation of members of the EU Parliament who were visiting San Francisco and Silicon Valley to address global cyber security and privacy issues, and also investigate how best to drive more entrepreneurial...
How Innovative Leaders Operate With a Startup Mindset (video)
I recently sat down with our Thought Leadership team at Haas and discussed the concept – and state of being – of having an entrepreneurial mindset. What does that mean for entrepreneurs, as well as leaders inside large...
“This Product Really Sucks” – How my student’s breast pump startup made the NY Times
“I want to rethink and reimagine the breast pump.” That’s what my UC Berkeley Haas MBA student Jeff Alvarez told me on the first day of our “Workshop for Startups” class. That was several years ago, and Jeff...
Great evening with Guy Kawasaki discussing how to launch startups
I had a great time discussing startups – and how to launch them – with longtime friend, colleague and startup guru Guy Kawasaki at NASDAQ’s Entrepreneurial Center in San Francisco. Great hospitality from the center’s exec director Nicola...
A few personal musings on living, launching, failing & succeeding
Here’s an excerpt from my recent post for the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center. They posed some broad questions about launching new ventures – and life in general. Here are my replies. “When it comes to business, Mark Coopersmith has...