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How Do You Market An Innovation That Promises to Make You Invisible?
It's been a long time since I was an active deer hunter, but I love innovation and when I first heard about Deerblind, I was impressed based on the science of what they had created. Their elevator pitch goes something like this:Deerblind is a new patent-pending camouflage pattern •••
- September 2, 2010
More Feedback on Our Family Works Film Series
"We watched the first volume of your "Family Works" series last night and we thoroughly enjoyed it as a family. It was very inspirational and filled with substantive content. I really appreciated the narrative and real-time commentary through the video; very helpful. This •••
- August 21, 2010
Free Venture Academy Excerpts
Watch three excerpts from the Venture Academy, including one on the marketing principle of Market Positioning and a case study discussion on the amazing success of Crocs during their launch phase. Here's some recent feedback we received on our Biblical entrepreneurship training program: "I •••
- August 20, 2010
Mastering the Sales Pipeline for Maximum Sales Success
I recently received an email from a couple of young entrepreneurs that I am mentoring that were a bit downcast. They had given their best pitch to a prospective client, but it fell flat and they did not get the business. Here are a few tips that I shared with them on how to think of the •••
- August 19, 2010
Move, Shoot and Communicate
"Move, Shoot and Communicate" was a standard phrase I learned as a young officer in the US Army regarding the three essential capabilities to develop, build and perfect in order to be successful in battle. And the faster a troop leader can perform and lead the soldiers, the more effective •••
- August 9, 2010
Introducing the Venture Academy Online: Premier Christian Entrepreneurship Training
Now available: the beta version of our Venture Academy Online, which features our 35+ hours of Christian entrepreneurship and family business lectures and Harvard Business School case study discussions in streaming full-length HD video with a special launch price of only $36 annually •••
- August 5, 2010
How to Facilitate a Fast, Low-Cost Investment in Your Company
I get many requests and questions from entrepreneurs about how to raise capital and it is a difficult process to be sure (see these various posts and downloads to learn more about the overall process.) One creative way to raise capital -- and keep all of your ownership and control -- is to raise •••
- August 5, 2010
The Venture Academy Lecture Series
The Venture Academy Lecture Series (co-produced by New Venture Lab and Franklin Springs Family Media) is an inspiring and instructional resource with over 12 hours of challenging video-based instruction drawn from the Venture Academy that is designed to provide the top •••
- August 3, 2010
Now Taking Orders for Volume One of Our New Family Works Series
The Family Works Series Family Works is an exciting new DVD series that profiles the stories of family businesses and the joys and challenges that come as families work together. These stirring stories of self-sacrifice and service to others will encourage, inspire and entertain viewers, •••
- June 30, 2010
Trailer for Volume One of Our Family Works Film Series
Available July 1st, Family Works: Inspiring Profiles of Family Business, profiles two Christian families and the businesses they run. Join me to explore how they started their businesses and what life is like for them as they work together to the glory of God. New Venture Lab co-produces •••
- June 15, 2010
Venture Academy DVD Training Series Now Available Direct from NVL at a Discount
Save on the Venture Academy DVD Training Series! This professionally-produced Basic Entrepreneurship Training Course -- designed to equip Christian entrepreneurs, modeled after the Harvard MBA program, and presented in a Biblical framework -- is now available at a substantial discount •••
- June 12, 2010
Coming Soon.....Family Works: Inspiring Profiles of Family Business
Stay tuned for an announcement soon about the availability of the first volume of our new series on Christian family business we co-produced with Franklin Springs Family Media… •••
- June 8, 2010
Venture Capital Investing Down More Than 50%
How should an entrepreneur respond to the fact that raising venture capital -- which has never been easy -- is getting harder now that funding levels are way down and now that the limited partner investors in venture capital funds are failing to make their capital call commitments? Venture •••
- May 22, 2010
Guest Blog Post: A Theology of Risk
Jim was at the point of decision. He had been challenged in his thinking about the need to orient his life toward his family, toward his children. He had grown suspect of the system in which he had been trained, which now had him locked into an eight to five schedule. His desire •••
- May 18, 2010
Family Business Profiles Film Project Update
I am thrilled with the footage we have on the businesses we are profiling for Volume I of the Family Business Profiles series we are co-producing with Franklin Springs Family Media. I just finished the host and expert analysis script for both segments of the first volume and I have •••
- May 14, 2010
Guest Blog Post: Key Mistakes From a Young Entrepreneur Prior to Launch
A little over 8 months ago I launched an internet company with a close friend that provides lead generation for property management companies. Prior to this I spent 6 months mentoring under a serial entrepreneur, 3 months analyzing opportunities and then a little under a year preparing to launch •••
- May 7, 2010
Now Available: Downloadable Versions of Additional Workbooks for the Venture Academy
Due to popular request from purchasers of the Venture Academy DVD Training Series and prior attendees of the Venture Academy, we now have available downloadable PDF versions of all six workbooks: Book: Venture Academy Workbook #1 - A Vision for Christian Entrepreneurship •••
- May 6, 2010
Speaking at the Christian Heritage Conference This Weekend in Seattle
Join me at the Christian Heritage conference this weekend. My presentations include the following: Friday at 1:15 p.m. - Required Skills for Entrepreneurs: The Most Important Skills Required to Successfully Manage a Business Friday at 2:45 p.m. - Before You Launch Your Business: The 50 •••
- April 22, 2010
Preparing to Be an Entrepreneur - Example Roadmaps
As a student of entrepreneurs, I love to hear their story of how they launched, and as a teacher of entrepreneurship, I love to turn that into a roadmap of sorts (see a detailed example below). Let's start with a brief sketch of how Reid Hoffman (pictured above), founder and Chairman of •••
- April 14, 2010
New Profile: Veterinarian Creates a Low-Cost, High-Margin Practice Using a Unique Business Model
Check out our latest entrepreneur profile of Ben Character and his creative approach to designing his own successful and highly-profitable veterinarian practice after working for -- and studying -- the operational issues with typical veterinarian practices... •••
- April 2, 2010
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