Starting a Business business finance Business Management Business PlanningMYTOP is an acronym I created to describe a key strategy business strategy. I’ll explain what it means and how it works momentarily. But first, I need to preface why the MYTOP theory is a critical element for business success and sustainability. MORE >>

When we were last with Dick and Jane on Finance Fridays, our fearless entrepreneurs were figuring out how to split up their founders equity and account for an investment from Jane. It required a small investment of time and money to get QuickBooks up and running, but it was a manageable distraction from building SayAhh’s core product. MORE >>

built, founded, and was CEO of two companies, both in document management space. The second I built in Silicon Valley, also a document management company, called Koral. sold that to Salesforce.com, where I became VP of product management. This is the first time we’ve interviewed so many people. Prerequisites. Outline. MORE >>

produced a video called, "How to Finance a High Tech Start Up," several years ago that was pretty popular (even reviewed by Entreprenear Magazine). kept getting finance questions from the companies I was working with, and I could answer some of the questions but not all (I've raised over 28 million from VC's, Angels and Corporations). MORE >>

Pret a Manager. As part of my ongoing effort to learn and grow as a manager, I thought it would be interesting to spend a day shadowing James and seeing what his operation and management style looked like for a team of two dozen colleagues in a completely different environment than Return Path.  Managing by checklist.  MORE >>