Wednesday, October 30, 2013
3.5BN People Online by 2017--Think Globally ASAP
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/30/2013Earlier this year, Cisco forecasted how large the world’s Internet-using population would be by the year 2017. The data was quite staggeri...
Monday, October 28, 2013
[NEWS] Join Red Rocket at the 4th Annual Entrepreneurial Bash--Save 30%
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/28/2013Red Rocket is a sponsor of the 4th Annual Entrepreneurial Bash , presented by the Association for Corporate Growth . The Entrepreneurship B...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The Top 4 Reasons VC's Bias Technology Startups
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/23/2013I have had hundreds of startups reach out to me at Red Rocket looking for fund raising assistance. Most with hungry, passionate entrepreneu...
Monday, October 21, 2013
Lesson #159: Never Stop Recruiting (Even If No Current Openings)
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/21/2013Back in Lesson #106, we talked about the importance succession planning for all positions within your company. But, in the event you ...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Out With MBA's--In With Masters in Entrepreneurship
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/16/2013Back when I was in college (a 1991 graduate), an MBA was a heavily coveted degree. The best business schools were heavily demanded, and gra...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Lesson #158: Understand Your Brand Positioning (An Al Jazeera Case Study)
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/15/2013Back in January 2013, Al Jazeera, the Qatar based news agency, announced the launch of Al Jazeera America , a new U.S. based news agenc...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Comparing 'Shark Tank' to Venture Capital Reality
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/09/2013I am sure many of you have watched an episode of Shark Tank on ABC. The show allows a startup entrepreneur to pitch their idea to a panel ...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Lesson #157: Consider Sharing Part-Time Executives Between Startups
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/08/2013The cost of a proven C-Level executive inside a startup can be around $250,000 per person. When adding together a CEO, CMO, COO, CFO an...
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The Excubator--A New Type of Startup Incubator
Posted By: George Deeb - 10/03/2013Incubators/accelerators are starting to play a key role in the development of startup ecosystems throughout the U.S. and world. According to...