By Eric Ries
I can’t play poker, but I do enjoy watching it on TV. We’re in the middle of the 2009 World Series of Poker, an event that draws thousands of professional and amateur players to Las Vegas every year. The grand finale is the Main Event, a massive Texas Hold ’Em tournament with [...]
Category Archives: Education
What I Learned About Entrepreneurship From Watching the World Series of Poker
Wanna change the world? Well don’t, cause you cant!
For all those hungry entrepreneurs/CEOs of startups…
If you cant look at other entrepreneurs and learn – then don’t look at them. Jealousy (or self pity) will kill you in this business!
When you look at facebook and twitter, your imagination must run wild… you heart might say, I wish I could come up with an idea like that. [...]
Lecturer/Software Development – Guildhall at SMU Dallas (Plano), TX, USA
The mission of The Guildhall at SMU is to provide the world’s premier education and training center for development, and to serve as a focal point for the video game industry and community. The Guildhall at SMU is a place, a faculty, a student body, and a vision shared by experienced game development leaders and aspiring professionals.
How to Defeat Burnout and Stay Motivated
“Do what you love.”
We’ve all heard this advice before. It’s great advice, though not many people truly take it to heart.
But sometimes doing what you love isn’t enough to keep you going. Inspiration, passion, and motivation are difficult things to hold on to. They always seem to slip away right when you need them [...]
How to raise money for your tech startup
Dave Troy here with Kris Appel, our guest blogger for today. Kris is the founder of Encore Path, a medical technology start-up in Baltimore.
As a first-time entrepreneur, raising the money to launch launch a medical device was a significant undertaking.
I am not only a first-time entrepreneur, but I chose to start a company in an [...]
