E-M8 Entrepreneurial Management for Eternal Mission

This Saturday I reconnected with a lot of cool people at School Factory during their re-ignition meeting. There are now 4 fiscally sponsored spaces that are a part of the Space Federation and hopefully, with the addition of multiple layers of affiliation quite a few more will join soon. By having the framework for org. [...]

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Much of business strategy and the like conversations start with an assumption that essentially all businesses are different and all have different goals. On the other hand, I started my analysis with the assumption that as human beings we all fundamentally want the same things (Maslow’s hierarchy of needs). What I found in the process [...]

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Greiner’s and other similar life cycle models of business seem to attempt to describe what happens (often blending it with a little bit of what should but does not happen) on the other hand I would love to focus on what should happen and how to guide leaders in to the growth steps that are [...]

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This summer I had an opportunity to learn a great teaching technique for Structured Thinking (TRIZ). Now I have an opportunity to start putting this stuff in practice and I am loving the impact that I see. Tough business and personal problems crumble in to simple solvable pieces. A work plan that allows sequencing is [...]

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David Linz is in my eyes one of the best kept secrets for Entrepreneurs in South East Wisconsin. Imagine a guy who can connect you to SBIR and other government resources and do so absolutely free of charge and you will imagine Dave Linz. He did not just take the time to listen to my [...]

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