Damir Perge's Blog: Entrepreneur Insights from the Trenches, page 29

Inspiredex | > catspiration.

by damir perge | founder of entrepreneurdex

I grew up with cats. When I lived on a farm in Yugoslavia I had a cat we named Mika. This was the smartest damn cat you ever saw. She was beautiful, warm and friendly. When my parents let her in each morning from the cold winter days, she would go through the house, sniff her way around until she found my room. She would jump on my bed and while I was sleeping, I would grab her and tuck her in under my blanket to keep her warm. I don't remember...

Inspiredex |> funthusiasm (part 2 of the series)

by damir perge | founder of entrepreneurdex

What can an entrepreneur, investor or employee learn from an eight and a five-year-old girl? More than you can imagine. If we were only as funthusiastic as Sophia Grace and her cousin Rosie. When I saw these two little girls from Essex, England on The Ellen Degeneres Show, I realized that although enthusiasm is contagious, funthusiasm goes beyond contagious – to the level of becoming an epidemic.

Enthusiasm is critical in entrepreneurship, sports...

Inspiredex |> inspired by others.

by damir perge | founder of entrepreneurdex

It takes a village to inspire.

Everyone is inspired by someone. It doesn't matter who you are, how big you are or how important. We are inspired by others and our greatest aspiration should be to become the inspiration to those who inspired us. That is also the greatest compliment to those who originally inspired us to succeed.

A perfect example is Adele. She became the top artist in 17 countries, almost overnight. Her song, "Someone like you"...

inspiredex | > the advantage of disadvantage.

by damir perge | founder of entrepreneurdex

Most entrepreneurs experience disadvantages – especially in the early stages of the venture life cycle. But you can turn any disadvantage into an advantage. It takes some effort, but you can find a hidden advantage or two within any disadvantage. You can do it if you believe in yourself and your venture, whether your disadvantage is financial, physical or emotional.

Startups can face seemingly insurmountable challenges and disadvantages when...

Debt ceiling issue – What are the solutions that the experts give

It is already official that the US government had hit the debt ceiling on the 16th of May, 2011. Tim Geithner, the Secretary of the Treasury Department had then said that the he would have to suspend all of the investments into the federal retirement funds till the 2nd of August in order to create opportunity for the federal government; so that the government could borrow in the debt market. He however, mentioned that this in no way is going to affect the retirees and the employees.

The debt ...

Entrepreneur Myth #61 | Entrepreneurs live happily ever after the acquisition.

by damir perge | founder of entrepreneurdex

 

Mutiny at the TechCrunch indieprise

When entrepreneurs are acquired by another company, the notion that they live happily ever after is a myth. Sure, happiness happens as they laugh all the way to the bank, but then they face the reality of serving out their employee contract.

 

Yesterday's game of ousting of TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington amid accusations of mixing business and editorial is a perfect example. M.G. Siegler, journalist for Tech...

Inspîredex |> 36-24-36.

by damir perge | founder of entrepreneurdex
Startups are difficult. Running any business in any stage of the company life cycle is difficult too. Sam Walton said, "Capital isn't scarce, vision is." Unfortunately, entrepreneurship also has its limits when it comes to the variable of time. There are only so many hours, days, weeks, months or years to grow your venture into a billion dollar empire.

There is a solution to any entrepreneur's time constraints. If you feel overwhelmed...