Must Read — This is Marketing by Seth Godin

This is Marketing is a great summary and synthesis of the "huge" topic of Marketing. The book is a summary of 20 years of Seth Godin. Yes, it's amazing that his Permission Marketing was published 20 years ago (May 1999). The concept has come a long way. The beauty of this book is that Seth...

Big Ideas – Steve Blank’s *State of Entrepreneurship* March 2018 ( Co-Founder Mag )

Steve Blank provided a thought provoking "State of Entrepreneurship" a few weeks ago. There is only one Steve Blank » CoFounder Mag The biggest jolt for me was the sheer number of Unicorns (almost 200) and that they remain mostly "Founder Led". we went from zero to close to 200 unicorns ...Almost all those unicorns...

Leadership & Working (by Iain)

This was first posted January 26, 2016 Last week I attended an excellent workshop on "Compassionate Leadership". The whole point of the workshop was to have a discussion on what "Compassionate Leadership" meant to us. It was very interesting as we started with compassion being all "soft, nice, and comfortable" and finished up with compassion...

My Favorite Entrepreneurship Books (2015 Version)

Here is a visual view of my favorite "Entrepreneurship" books. My 6 super-favorites have bold blue borders. The Startup Owners Manual, by Steve Blank Value Proposition Design, by Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur The Design of Business, by Roger Martin Humble Inquiry, by Edgar Schein Linchpin, by Seth Godin Leadership BS, by Jeffrey Pfeffer More...

Entrepreneurship Talks For Engineering Students ( 2015 Version)

I've updated the "Entrepreneurship" slides that I present to UBC Engineering students each fall. /enjoy. 1. Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship (2015 version) I first ask the question. “What is Entrepreneurship?” I follow-up with my favorite definition of a business from Peter Drucker. Then I address the questions: What is the journey like? What is the...