I’ve been working with entrepreneurs in Europe for the last 10 years and I have heard time and time again a series of “facts” about European entrepreneurship that are closer to myth than anything else. Mostly they are urban legends. An urban legend is a form of modern folklore consisting of stories that may or may […]
Business Plans Should Move to the Back Seat
Entrepreneurship, at least from the perspective of teaching and competitions, is all about business plans. This, however, is the wrong focus. New ventures, whether a new startup or a new idea in an established company, are about discovery. The more an entrepreneur wants to build a new market or change the parameters of an existing […]