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Entrepreneurship…… with a Sponsor

February 21, 2012
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I completed Graduate B-School, with honors I might add, and was already employed as a VP for Sutton Place Gourmet.  While most of my peers were sweating over finding a new career, I was already entrenched in a new venture and quite happy with it.  Even though I went to business school to change...

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Beyond Social Proof: Due Diligence 101

February 20, 2012
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Beyond Social Proof: Due Diligence 101

Throughout the years I have raised seed funding, startup funding and growth funding from structured and unstructur­ed sources. One thing I have learned is that everyone has different requests for Due Dilligence­. What is important to a Venture Capitalist may not be important to...

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Startup Rate At Lowest Point On Record

February 17, 2012
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Startup Rate At Lowest Point On Record

I have walked the entreprene­urial tightrope more times in my life than I care to admit. Every group setting I go to all I ever hear about are people unhappy in their jobs with a great idea for a product and they want the...

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The Secret To Pinterest’s Success: We’re Sick Of Each Other

February 14, 2012
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The Secret To Pinterest’s Success: We’re Sick Of Each Other

As an aspiration­al brand builder, I think Pinterest is one of the best social media sites for branding. Here are my ideas on how brands can use this site...

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U.S. Postal Service Loses $3.3 Billion In Just Three Months

February 10, 2012
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U.S. Postal Service Loses $3.3 Billion In Just Three Months

Why no one can figure this out just amazes me! I am going to lay out the plan for how to fix this that is very clean and simple....

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Renewal and Revelation

February 8, 2012
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Renewal and Revelation

  I enjoyed B School immensely and I was a very good student. My undergraduate degree was in Hospitality Management, basically learning the skills necessary to run restaurants and...

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