How to Use Sneaky “Psychic Powers” to Validate Your Business Idea

When you start a new business, you have to know what product your potential clients want first — then, you can build it. And even more importantly than simply knowing what they want, you have to kno...

Is Your Business Idea Lame or Awesome?

We’ve all been through moments where it seemed like we’ve landed on an idea that will make us millions of dollars. Sometimes though, our ideas are not as great as we think they are. Anyone remembe...

6 Questions to Find Out If You Have a Killer Business Idea

I am a venture capitalist and so I have the privilege of meeting a lot of entrepreneurs, each with their own brave idea of how they will change the world. Without exception, the best entrepreneurs kno...

7 Tips to Generate the Perfect Business Idea

Coming up with a solid idea was the hardest part of starting my business. The National Science Foundation estimated that our mind produces as many as 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts in a single day. It’s ...

Crowded Market: Is There Room For Me?

About two weeks ago I took a call from a woman who was slightly frazzled. She had recently left her corporate life where she was chained to a desk and taken the leap to create and launch her own busin...

How to Come Up With A Foolproof Business Idea

Lots of articles, blogs, and other entrepreneurship resources can provide helpful templates for assessing whether or not an idea could be a viable and valuable business, but there are not as many help...

Stage 01 – The Business Idea

See the first article in the series: Stage 00 – The Story Behind the Entrepreneur The idea was not actually that simple… it required me learning new software and going out on numerous photogr...