Lesson #177: Entrepreneurial Lessons from The Game of Monopoly

With my kids now in elementary school, I find myself back playing the same board games again, that I grew up playing.   So, with the game ...

Business Lessons from NBC's "The Sound of Music Live"

Last night was NBC's live production of "The Sound of Music", one of my favorite musicals.  I thought there were a couple inte...

Lesson #154: Entrepreneurial Lessons from "Breaking Bad"

Breaking Bad on AMC is one of my favorite television shows of all time.  With the series ending this month, I figured I would honor the sho...

Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Rocket Internet Case Study (Copy Catting)

Germany-based Rocket Internet , the self-described world's largest internet incubator, is one of my favorite entrepreneurial companies o...

Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Skylanders (Upselling on Steroids)

Following my last Lesson #143 on upselling techniques , I wanted to share this case study on Skylanders , the popular video game franchise f...

Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Moneyball (Big Data in Baseball)

I really enjoyed the Moneyball movie , starring Brad Pitt and co-written by Aaron Sorkin (one of my favorite screen writers).  So much so, t...

Lessons in Entrepreneurship: Pebble's $10MM Raise Via Kickstarter

By now, you may have learned about Pebble's record smashing $10MM raise through the Kickstarter crowdfunding site back in April 2012.  I...

Lessons in Entrepreneurship: My Son's Kindergarten Class

Last week, I had the honor of presenting to my son's Kindergarten class before summer break.  His teacher invited me in, to tell the kid...