Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Holiday Carol - A Few of My Favorite Things
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/20/2011I thought you would all enjoy a little holiday cheer this time of year. MY FAVORITE THINGS (sung to the holiday tune from The Sound of M...
Monday, December 12, 2011
Lessons from the Lost Decade: Alternative Investing
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/12/2011The last ten years have not been very good to the average investor or the economy: (i) the stock market has basically traded up and down wit...
Friday, December 9, 2011
[VIDEO] George Deeb Teaches Financial Modeling
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/09/2011Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of mentoring the inaugural class of entrepreneurs at Founder Institute Chicago. Below is a video of t...
Monday, December 5, 2011
Lessons in Leadership: Mount Everest
Posted By: George Deeb - 12/05/2011I am a Mount Everest fanatic, as an avid mountain hiker and reader. I have always been intrigued by the various styles and personalitie...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Lessons in Leadership: Michigan Football
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/29/2011Michigan Football is the winningest team in college football history, built on deep traditions dating back 132 years and great coaches like ...
Friday, November 11, 2011
NostraDeebus: Predictions for the Next Decade
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/11/2011As you are thinking about your business growth, startup opportunities, job moves or otherwise, I thought it would be fun to predict what th...
Monday, November 7, 2011
Lesson #104: Manage Expectations & Exceed Them
Posted By: George Deeb - 11/07/2011Nothing is more annoying than somebody promising to do something, and then not doing it. That could be the task itself, the scope of th...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Lesson #103: The Evolving Venture Capital Market
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/27/2011Boy, how times have changed for the venture capital market in the last decade, following the dot com bust of 2000. Here are a few of th...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Lesson #102: Protect Your Equity and Control Post-Financings
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/18/2011The other day, I was speaking with the founder of a recently-funded startup business. Her founding stake had been diluted down below 20...
Thursday, September 29, 2011
101 Startup Lessons--An Entrepreneur's Handbook
Posted By: George Deeb - 9/29/2011What started out as an unknown editorial adventure back in March 2011 (launching the Red Rocket blog), has resulted in my writing 101 St...