Here’s a great blog entry all entrepreneurs should read from the uber clever crew at 37 signals.
Imagine how different the world will be 13 years from now.
Category: business ideas
Keeping up to date
Can be a huge time waster. The irony for us in startup land is that it’s our job to stay informed.
Startup blog advice: If you need to stay on top of a broad topic find a good aggregator.
Someone who’ll cover stuff when it becomes important enough for you to know. Seth Godin does this for me as far as web 2.0 and new marketing is concerned. Startup blog does this for you as far as keeping your mind thinking as an entrepreneur should.
Got some good short cut summary sites? On new technology, web sites, new businesses? Add them to comments.
Want to be wealthy?
Well, why not behave the same way in which wealthy countries do. It’s a very simple formula:
Invest in health care & education.
The 3 wealthiest countries in the world by GDP per capita – Luxembourg, Norway & Switzerland, have outstanding healthcare and education systems which are largely government funded.
The two most valuable assets you can ever have are your health and education. If we’re healthy we can do anything. If we educate ourselves, we can always find ways to generate income.
For those about to argue about about wealth not being ‘economic’…then please refer again to what these countries invest in. Financial wealth is the outcome, not the driver.
The map
Sometimes we’re not as lost as we think we are. We just need to put the brakes on. Stop and revisit our map.
We need to find our location, and determine if we’re on target, or if we’ve made a few wrong turns. If we’re not where we’d like to be, we might need to change direction.
The important this are that we don’t obsess over the map every day, or just keep forging ahead when we’re lost.
Social Networking – let’s get physical
Ok – so we’ve all worked out that we can now find each other on line. That there’s more people than we thought with similar interests, and that connecting with them can be mutually beneficial.
Now; get off line and get out there.
Get connected physically. Nothing beats facetime and smart social networking organizations are getting back to basics. Creating old school events like business networks such as Rotary have been doing for years. Old is the new new.
If you’re in Melbourne (which I am) get along to the Hive. The Hive is a new entrepreneurs network started by some savvy entrepreneurship students in Melbourne.
Their premise is simple. Come along, hear some successful entrepreneurs speak, meet other entrepreneurs. Communicate, collaborate and corroborate. It’s free and valuable.
You can check it out here and here. They run a good show for some youngsters.
I’m a believer – the test
I’d spend my last hour working on my startup.
I’d spend my last dollar working on my startup.
Conceptually not just financially, I’m a believer in how I invest my time.
If we don’t believe, how can they?
Pictures
I try and use pictures on every blog entry.
I use pictures every time I do a business presentation.
You might see something my words didn’t tell you.
My words might tell you something my picture didn’t show you.
(Where’s wally?)