Keeping My Edge
The steepest run on Blackcomb Mountain is called the Blow Hole. Located at the top of Blackcomb Glacier, you have to take four lifts and hike the last ten minutes…
Collaboration, Communication, and Business
I was recently reading Greg Farley's post 3 Words. Turns out there is a move on for people to embrace three words for 2011. As I am working on new…
Top 10 HBR Blog Posts
I recently wrapped up a year long gig working with my long time friend Birket Foster at his company MB Foster. I was thinking about the challenges that we overcame…
Early Exits: What Investors and Entrepreneurs Should Know
In the book Early Exits Basil Peters makes a persuasive case that both entrepreneurs and early stage investors should start planning their exit strategy from the very beginning. For technology…
Learning from the Past
Thomas Hellman is the Director of the W. Maurice Young Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Research Center at the University of British Columbia. Thomas is a keen observer of entrepreneurs. He…