Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Do You Need an Incubator?

Posted on June 9, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

We tend to ignore those folks in startup mode, but we were all startups once. Entrepreneur had some useful stats in its May issue, such as: Major benefits were connections (29%), community (29%), and information sharing (21%). About what you’d … Continue reading →

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Why Mentally Tough Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence

Posted on June 4, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

It’s been a while since we wrote about this topic, and the Harvard Business Review has come up with some concrete outcomes of having emotional intelligence. The overarching idea is that you’ll be mentally tough, not go to pieces at … Continue reading →

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Get That Loan!

Posted on May 31, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

We don’t think it’s a secret that banks aren’t lending to small business. Those over 50 employees probably have their needs satisfied. Out of our twenty or so Solutions Forum clients here in Arizona, only two of them even have … Continue reading →

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The Entrepreneur’s Case for Donald Trump

Posted on May 16, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

This is the title of a nice article by Anthony Scaramucci that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on May 16th. We don’t even have any substantive criticism of the article, for a change, other than to add that he … Continue reading →

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Apple’s Long Slow Slide

Posted on May 3, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

This was a headline referring to Apple’s stock price, but that’s not the point of this post. It seems to us that Apple has gotten where it is by missing one of the tenets of business: if you’re an innovative … Continue reading →

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Ronald Reagan Trump

Posted on April 27, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

This is supposed to be a business blog, and I’ve been meaning to write one on Trump, since I knew him a little bit at Wharton. The foreign policy speech sounded like it was right out of Reagan’s playbook, other … Continue reading →

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The Pay Equity Police (Might) Get Some New Ammunition

Posted on April 12, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is at it again. There are new proposed rules to equalize pay at companies employing over 100 workers. Those below the magic 100 presumably will stay the same as they are now, which is some, but … Continue reading →

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Why Companies Are Being Disrupted

Posted on March 23, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

I just found this article in the Wall Street Journal of January 26, and should have commented earlier. Most of the article is forgettable, aside from the reference to Clay Christensen’s work on innovation and disruption, but there’s one phrase … Continue reading →

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What’s the most important leadership skill

Posted on March 18, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

In the march issue of Entrepreneur, employees were asked what they thought were the most important leadership traits. This will be a two part post. Here are five traits: 1. Be prepared to do anything you are asking your employees … Continue reading →

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C’mon Apple, Get Going

Posted on January 27, 2016 by asechmentor@gmail.com

Here’s one post we never thought we’d write. Apple seems to have fallen on hard times, probably of their own making, and they don’t seem to know what to do. Full disclosure: I also own Apple stock. So, here are some … Continue reading →

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