It all started in Puerto Rico. With a lady named Katerina. Well, it started before then, but Katerina made it happen. In 2015, I was invited to co-teach a Lean Startup program called I-Corps Puerto Rico. The event was put on by a non-profit, Grupo Guayacán. The program was based on the principles of NSF‘s […]
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I love I-Corps Puerto Rico
I-Corps PR is the ideal launching place for innovative business ideas in Puerto Rico. Since 2015, throughout eight cohorts, the program has graduated more than 90 teams, of which nearly 90 percent are still active. I’m happy to be part of the teaching team with Grupo Guayacán and I-Corps South.
From a handshake to three comma swagger
As I watched the scene unfold, I was frustrated. One of our student founders was at a business-technology-startup event. He was talking with a local investor. The founder had the investor in a corner and was talking his ear off. One look at the investor’s face and I could see he was uncomfortable. His lips […]
A Unicorn Nursery
Creating a nursery to care for baby unicorns Could we create a nursery to care for baby unicorns? Doubtful. The unicorn designation is granted to businesses that hit a huge financial milestone. It’s near impossible to predict which startup has the potential to scale to that size. And some startups, by the nature of the […]
Shark Tank
Shark Tank I love Shark Tank, and I hate it. Shark Tank debuted and people watch it and some thought “That looks easy!” Recently I spoke to a founder who went on Shark Tank. The episode showed about 12 minutes with the founder and the sharks and resulted in an investment. His actual time […]
How entrepreneurial is your campus?
Map out the co-curricular entrepreneurship activities and events offered on your campus. Here are a few different ways of looking at the campus: How many student clubs are centered around entrepreneurship or being a business owner?How often does an entrepreneur speak on campus about their startups or business?Are the entrepreneurship activities and events open to […]