It Doesn't Matter If You Call It

There Was A Study Done In The Early 20th Century Of All The Entrepreneurs Who Entered The Automobile Industry Around The Same Time As Henry Ford; There Were Something Like 500 Automotive Companies That Got Funded, Had The Internal Combustion Engine, Had The Technology, And Had The Vision. Sixty Percent Of Them Folded Within A Couple Of Years.

New Customers Come From The Action Of Past Customers

I Asked All Of Our Recruiters To Give Me All Resumes Of Prospective Employees With Their Name, Gender, Place Of Origin, And Age Blacked Out. This Simple Change Shocked Me, Because I Found Myself Interviewing Different-looking Candidates - Even Though I Was 100% Convinced That I Was Not Being Biased In My Resume Selection Process.

Science And Vision Are Not Opposites Or Even At Odds. They Need Each Other. I Sometimes Hear Other Startup Folks Say Something Along The Lines Of: 'if Entrepreneurship Was A Science, Then Anyone Could Do It.' I'd Like To Point Out That Even Science Is A Science, And Still Very Few People Can Do It, Let Alone Do It Well.

Here In Silicon Valley, I Have Taken Part In Hundreds Of Conversations Trying To Convince People To Dive In And Become Entrepreneurs. All Too Often, Innovators With Good, Safe, Jobs Are Unwilling To Put Their Family's Access To Health Care At Risk By Walking Away From Company-backed Medical Insurance.