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Leanpreneur: The Secret Time Function of Entrepreneur and Startup Time

Many busy people like to say, “Time is money.” But the difference between regular time and entrepreneur time is substantial.

When I ran my first venture capital fund, I invested into a young entrepreneur who had great visions of being the next major high-tech player in Silicon Valley. Despite his inexperience as an entrepreneur, I funded him for $250,000 to get him going. He was developing groundbreaking technology in an emerging, dynamic and rapidly changing marketplace—and being a complexity...

Negapital: The Startup���s Ideal Funding Fantasy

When you take a course in thermodynamics, one of the first things you learn is the concept of ideal state. Ideal state is when you make certain assumptions, regarding an energy model, as the ideal conditions for reference. I'm not giving a thermo lesson today because I'd rather talk about the greatest startup fantasy of all���the ideal fantasy of negapital.

When you have invested into as many entrepreneurs as I have, you see a pattern regarding negapital. Entrepreneurs come to investors for c...

Entreprenetics: The Problems of Positive Thinking

Our world is a complex system with trillions of interactions playing out every day between all members of the planet. However, you can simplify this non-linear system by thinking everything in terms of either positive or negative energy.

Whether your mind thinks in a positive or negative direction at any given moment is up to you. You get to choose the positive or negative direction of your own psychological spectrum. Your environment may not be predictable but you can control the mental state...

The Many Secrets to Raising Money for Your Startup or Growing Business

“Hey, Damir, can you help me raise the capital for my cool startup,” I am often asked. Because of my venture capital background, entrepreneurs either ask to me to invest and/or help raise their next round of capital for their startups or growing businesses. Most startup entrepreneurs don’t fully understanding the framework, processes, time and money associated with raising capital.

Over the last seven months, I wrote several entrepreneur articles that deal with equity dilution, the mathematics...

The Many Secrets to Raising Money for Your Startup or Growing Business

���Hey, Damir, can you help me raise the capital for my cool startup,��� I am often asked. Because of my venture capital background, entrepreneurs either ask to me to invest and/or help raise their next round of capital for their startups or growing businesses. Most startup entrepreneurs don���t fully understanding the framework, processes, time and money associated with raising capital.

Over the last seven months, I wrote several entrepreneur articles that deal with equity dilution, the mat...

Efficionado: The Secret Time Function of Entrepreneur and Startup Time

Many busy people like to say, “Time is money.” But the difference between regular time and entrepreneur time is substantial.

When I ran my first venture capital fund, I invested into a young entrepreneur who had great visions of being the next major high-tech player in Silicon Valley. Despite his inexperience as an entrepreneur, I funded him for $250,000 to get him going. He was developing groundbreaking technology in an emerging, dynamic and rapidly changing marketplace—and being a complexity...

Leanpreneur: The Secret Time Function of Entrepreneur and Startup Time

Many busy people like to say, ���Time is money.��� But the difference between regular time and entrepreneur time is substantial.��

When I ran my first venture capital fund, I invested into a young entrepreneur who had great visions of being the next major high-tech player in Silicon Valley. Despite his inexperience as an entrepreneur, I funded him for $250,000 to get him going. He was developing groundbreaking technology in an emerging, dynamic and rapidly changing marketplace���and being a c...

Entreprenetics: The Sweet Smell of Startup Success

During Chelsea’s soccer tour in Asia, Jose Mourinho—their coach, commonly known by his self-proclaimed nickname “The Chosen One”—was impressed with the work ethic of some of the team’s older players. He complimented John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole for training extremely hard, even during their preseason.

Calling the old-timers “inspirational animals,” Jose told the younger players to become inspired by their professional attitude. He said something even more interesting that can trig...

Entreprenetics: The Sweet Smell of Startup Success

During Chelsea���s soccer tour in Asia, Jose Mourinho���their coach, commonly known by his self-proclaimed nickname ���The Chosen One������was impressed with the work ethic of some of the team���s older players. He complimented John Terry, Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole for training extremely hard, even during their preseason.

Calling the old-timers ���inspirational animals,��� Jose told the younger players to become inspired by their professional attitude. He said something even more interest...

How to Build a Billion Dollar Startup Almost Overnight

As an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and complexity scientist, I have been trying to determine what factors enable some startups to become billion dollar startups almost overnight. I have written more than 220 articles on startups and entrepreneurship over the last eight months. But if a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth a million words, so we decided to put my ideas into a video series.

First of all, I say “almost overnight” because building a billion dollar startup g...