http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog How to decide if starting a business is really for you Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:08:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Copyright Jon Gillespie-Brownentrepreneur,entrepreneurial,mindset,entrepreneurship,founder,startup,startups,want,to,be,an,entrepreneurBusiness/Management & MarketingJon Gillespie-Brownnoentrepreneur,entrepreneurial,mindset,entrepreneurship,founder,startup,startups,want,to,be,an,entrepreneurSo you want to be an entrepreneurSo you want to be an entrepreneur - an introduction to the book at www.tobeanentrepeneur.comEntrepreneurBookhttp://feedburner.google.com http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-seminar-for-startup-financing-in-london/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-seminar-for-startup-financing-in-london/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:08:41 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-seminar-for-startup-financing-in-london/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/great-seminar-for-startup-financing-in-london/feed/ 0 My friend Doug Richard and his School for Startups is running what will be a superb seminar on raising financing in London and if you are in that area I urge you to attend if you are raising funding,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur?: How to decide if...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?a=gk4BLBEHBps:i-QPBZe2-UU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/10-tips-for-living-and-working-with-an-entrepreneur/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/10-tips-for-living-and-working-with-an-entrepreneur/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:27:14 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/10-tips-for-living-and-working-with-an-entrepreneur/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/10-tips-for-living-and-working-with-an-entrepreneur/feed/ 1 Entrepreneurs come from an incredibly broad range of places, cultures, religions and are obviously from either sex. As such compiling the perfect list is impossible, so this list is one...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?a=klDlnb20QF8:5gjvCT8xtUg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/5-milestones-to-reach-before-raising-venture-capital/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/5-milestones-to-reach-before-raising-venture-capital/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:10:34 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/5-milestones-to-reach-before-raising-venture-capital/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/5-milestones-to-reach-before-raising-venture-capital/feed/ 2 I was talking to a friend from my mentoring group at Stanford who works closely with both students and startups, Glenn Winokur, and he told me about some useful blog posts at the FreshBooks website...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?a=uGWJ9fAEfK8:lo1fAm76_uo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/tycoon-how-to-be-really-rich-review-by-jon-gillespie-brown-author-so-you-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/tycoon-how-to-be-really-rich-review-by-jon-gillespie-brown-author-so-you-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:10:00 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/tycoon-how-to-be-really-rich-review-by-jon-gillespie-brown-author-so-you-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/tycoon-how-to-be-really-rich-review-by-jon-gillespie-brown-author-so-you-want-to-be-an-entrepreneur/feed/ 0 I have had Tycoon, the book by Peter Jones for quite a while and eventually got around to reading it. Peter Jones, a well known Dragon from the UK TV show the Dragons Den (Dragons Den is an...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?a=dRk9oZQGk6A:F0jXwe4cDyc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/excellent-video-for-tech-startupsby-eric-ries/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/excellent-video-for-tech-startupsby-eric-ries/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 21:16:01 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/excellent-video-for-tech-startupsby-eric-ries/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/excellent-video-for-tech-startupsby-eric-ries/feed/ 0 I met Eric through a friend Steve Blank and these two have formed a partnership of sorts both in teaching great lessons on startups which grew from working together at IMVU where Eric was a founder...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?a=xel4jJvVoTU:gDxoWnwQkFY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EntrepreneurBook?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/a-fun-video-about-being-an-entrepreneurand-a-viral-lesson/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/a-fun-video-about-being-an-entrepreneurand-a-viral-lesson/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 03:03:46 +0000 Jon Gillespie-Brown http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/a-fun-video-about-being-an-entrepreneurand-a-viral-lesson/ http://www.tobeanentrepreneur.com/blog/a-fun-video-about-being-an-entrepreneurand-a-viral-lesson/feed/ 0 The guys at grasshopper know how to take their marketing viral…produce a fun message, very well produced, if a little cheesy and get the world to do the rest! Anyway it’s an object lesson for...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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