article thumbnail

The Fascinating Aura of Mystery, Awe, and Power Surrounding A Business

Growthink Blog

Every day I see entrepreneurs trying to find that right balance between keeping their intellectual property confidential while sharing and promoting their business model - especially to investors - whose interest they so very much need to pique. Supply and demand. And then come back and tell me that mystique doesn’t matter.

article thumbnail

Dalhousie University Commencement Speech – 2017

Steve Blank

It’s pretty close to the one I had as an entrepreneur, which was – Pray it Will Work. Today, China, Russia, North Korea and other countries have locked their citizens behind a great firewall. It had different names in the past — “yellow journalism,” propaganda, misinformation. Your degree is a big deal.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Small Business Tips: Foreign Payments, The Patriot Act, OFAC, and you.

crowdSPRING Blog

Every time I find myself on the security line at the airport, I watch the folks ahead of me anticipating that someone will be pulled from the line because their name appeared on the TSA “no-fly” list. I have yet to see this happen, but I sympathize with the poor schlub whose name matches that of a known evil-doer.

article thumbnail

Jennifer Lopez and the NDA

Growthink Blog

Every day I see entrepreneurs trying to find that right balance between keeping their intellectual property confidential while sharing and promoting their business model with partners - especially investors - whose interest they so very much need to pique. Supply and demand. And then come back and tell me that mystique doesn’t matter.

NDA 69