Tips for Investor Pitches
This past Friday I had the opportunity for the second year in a row to Judge the UCF Joust Business plan competition. This competition, one that I previously won two different times, is organized by UCF’s college of business and numerous successful business leaders and investors are invited to judge various team’s business plans, venture [...]
Are you an Entrepreneur? Here’s a Challenge for you
I recently came across an interesting video from Stamford University’s Entrepreneurship program. A professor there came up with an interesting challenge for her entrepreneurship students. First she formed them into groups then gave them each “seed funding” of $5. The groups had 4-5 days to plan and then had 2 hours to make as much [...]
New Beginnings
We’re in the midst of the worst economy since the great depression. People are getting laid off or fired everyday and thousands of college graduates (and millions of others) across the country are struggling to find a job. With that said why in the world would I choose to quit my job now? Allow me [...]
Ideas Versus Implementation
So many people have ideas for ventures they feel would succeed. They keep these ideas in the back of their mind and think that one day they may find the time or money to actually launch it. This will rarely ever happen….Great things may come to those who wait, but are left over from those [...]
10 Things a Start-up Entrepreneur’s Valentine Should Know
This is a guest post written by my girlfriend Lindsay Ament (@Lindsay273). — Since it is Valentines Day I spent some time reflecting on my wonderful relationship of three and a half years with my boyfriend David. However, being the girlfriend of an entrepreneur is challenging but I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the [...]
Entrepreneurs see things others miss- Do you?
Entrepreneurs have a strong ability to see what other people miss. The best entrepreneurs use this ability to identify opportunities and create a venture(s) that fill a void or improve quality of life in some way. Almost all times the best way to find a potential entrepreneurial opportunity is to become extremely aware of problems [...]
