How Humility Helps the Entrepreneur Think back to when you were in high school. How did you do your hair? How did you dress? People generally develop a sense of personal fashion over the ensuing ...
Make Rules and Limits Work for You Even for those who aim to think "outside the box," rules and constraints aren't always bad. They focus our thinking and remind us to be deliberate with our execution by ...
Find Your Motivation in Unlikely Places An entrepreneur, as the quintessential self-starter, naturally looks inward for inspiration when the road gets rockier and the hurdles higher. But no matter how awesome you are, people can’t ...
Show and Tell at Sparks Class on ‘Thunderlizards’ Rare beasts, “thunderlizards” are companies that exit the startup phase at greater than $500 million — at least in the vernacular of venture capitalists. Each year, 4,000 to 5,000 companies are funded ...
How Empathy Pays Off for Entrepreneurs As clashes between political parties, socioeconomic classes and ethnic factions dominate current events, it’s clear that we could all use a lesson in empathy. Taking the time to put ...
Valley Veteran Shares Insights, Experiences with DFJ Leaders Cohort STVP’s new fellowship for master’s students in Stanford’s School of Engineering kicked off with wise words from Mike Maples, Jr., co-founder of the venture capital firm ...
Stanford Tech-Entrepreneurship Course Imparts Real-World Insights and Skills The course Engineering 145 at Stanford University examines the fundamentals of technology entrepreneurship as practiced in Silicon Valley and similar regions of innovation around the world. Often called “
Time to Refresh If you're leading an entrepreneurial venture, the new year can be an ideal time for redefining and rejuvenating. In a startup’s early days, founders can code all night, talk ...