The myth that the CEO is going to discover you and nurture you and ask you to join her for lunch is just that, a Hollywood myth.

When you put your ideas in the world, then, and only then, do you know if they're real.

Most of the time, creative entrepreneurs lose interest long before their marketing message loses its power.

The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.

A well-defined backup plan is sabotage waiting to happen. Why push through the dip, why take the risk, why blow it all when there's the comfortable alternative instead? The people who break through usually have nothing to lose, and they almost never have a backup plan.

Please stop waiting for a map. We reward those who draw maps, not those who follow them.