In this guest article on the Sun Microsystems web site, Guy Kawasaki lists the five most important lessons he’s learned as an entrepreneur — which makes for great advice for entrepreneurs:
1. Focus on Cash Flow
2. Make Little Progress Every Day
3. Try Stuff
4. Ignore Schmexperts
5. Never Ask Anyone To Do Something That You Wouldn’t Do
Sound advice [...]

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In a July 24th story, the New York Times reports that according to a survey of venture capitalists (VCs) by tax and advisory firm KPMG, VCs expects the current Initial Public Offering (IPO) doldrums to stretch until at least 2010. As a measure of this pessimism, only 9% of those surveyed think it will pick [...]

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On Wednesday, June 25th, I attended The Capital Network (TCN) year-end gala at the Museum of Science in Boston, MA and heard the inspiring story of John Crowley.
John Crowley started Novazyme Pharmaceuticals in 2000, spurred by the the 1998 diagnosis of two of his children with Pompe disease – a fatal neuromuscular disorder – and [...]

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