US Capital Global Event At The Fairmont
If you were one of the lucky people invited to the US Capital Global event at the Fairmont in Washington DC...
Blog: Forward Thinking
Often snarky, sometimes funny, thoughts and musings from Glen Hellman about Executive Development, Leadership, Startups, Washington DC Business and more.
Univeristy of Maryland’s Innovate Maryland April 11
Mark your calendars and prepare to be wowed by incredible innovative technology at the April 11th, Innovate Maryland celebration. If you're in the market for great technology to build a company around or to add to your company...
More Jason Feimster Plagiarist – Conman and Fake VC
Unfortunately for the World, Jason Feimster, Plagiarist, Conman and Fake VC is back (check out 3sI Phony VC). His web site is back up and this semi-literate, conman is continues to steal other people writing and present it as his own (see this post about his prior plagiarism foibles). If Jason Feimster ever had an original thought it would die of loneliness. That must be why this guy steals other peoples work. There was a while where his low-rent, Wix website went down...
How To Invest in Startups
This is Mr. Cranky's Official Guide on How To Invest in Startups. Now a better topic than How To Invest in Startups would be Why The Hell Would You Want to Invest In Startups but that's another article. Also, a warning. These are my opinions, based on experience as a limited partner in Venture Fund and an Angel Investor. Do not make investment decisions based on this article! Got that? It's just observations of the various choices and the relative benefits and pitfalls of multiple investment methodologies. No primer on how to invest in startups would be complete without a primer...
Intentional Leadership Checklist
It may be true that leaders are born yet the corollary is also true...
Kyle Sandler Can’t Make It Anywhere
Queue up the song, New York, New York! If you can make it there, you'll make it everywhere. Kyle Sandler couldn't make it there. Kyle Sandler couldn't legally make it anywhere. Kyle Sandler better hope he can make it in prison...
Business Climate Change
A few years ago, a goofy senator, from the oil-producing state of Oklahoma, backed by the carbon producing lobby brought a snowball into the Senate as proof that the climate is not warming. I guess Senator Inhofe confused weather extremes with climate change. There is irrefutable proof that the earth is warming. Just as there is irrefutable proof that as I type this on February 20th it is snowing outside. Whether talking about business or the earth, climate should not be confused with the weather. Weather is what you experience when you step outside on any given day. In other words, it is the state of...
Important Factors in Startup Success – Guest Infographic
This post is a guest infographic courtesy of Salesforce.com. Outlining the most important factors that drive sales growth. Those factors? 14% - Funding (The fund to mount an effective sales campaign) 24% - Business Model (Your sales ecosystem including strategic partners, lead gen system, sales methodology) 28% - Ideas (Creatively thinking of new ways to attract clients) 33% - Team (The right people in the right seats) 42% - Timing (Selling horse whips in 1915? Bad timing) Click To Enlarge Via Salesforce...