1 day agoSmartAB™ Wisdom #9: Apply The Sutton Rule To Survive The Venture Capital Crash…According to Wikipedia: “The rule of threes involves the priorities in order to survive. Normally, the rule of threes contains the following: · You can survive three minutes without breathable air (unconsciousness), or in icy water. · You can survive three hours in a harsh environment (extreme heat or cold). …Business9 min read
Jun 16SmartAB™ Wisdom #8: Focus On What You Can Control, Not On What You Can’t…The rising interest rates and eye-popping inflation, combined with the sharp economic downturn and the fears of prolonged recession — already brought huge layoffs to Silicon Valley. And the VC capital of the world was quick to call for radical cost-cutting measures, spending reductions, and a greater focus on profitability…Business10 min read
Jun 11SmartAB™ Wisdom #7: Turn Ideas Into A Successful BusinessIf you ever wondered, what does it take to become an “entrepreneur” and you simply Googled the “e-word” — the familiar search engine returns 4,180,000,000 results. Yes, it is not an error: Four Billion, One Hundred Eighty Million references… The Oxford dictionary offers some additional definitions such as: “a person…Business7 min read
Jun 2SmartAB™ Wisdom #6: Learn From The Housing BubblesFor the last 6+ years, I solemnly declared that the Canadian Housing Bubble is far worse than the similar bubble in the USA. And that’s the case for several reasons… But beyond the above thesis, a more important question to ask is as follows: what can entrepreneurs learn from how…Housing9 min read
May 27SmartAB™ Wisdom #5: Master The Speed Of ThoughtWhen the music stops and the sound of bursting bubbles prevails… the world of venture capital takes notice. And as a consequence, we are being bombarded almost daily by the alarming messages by Crunchbase describing in great detail the acceleration of tech layoffs and the hiring freezes. Perhaps it is…Brain8 min read
May 17SmartAB™ Wisdom #4: Cozy Up To CVCsI wrote about the benefits of securing CVC investments in the past. And in my LinkedIn posts, I emphasized the benefits of bringing the CVCs onboard — to a young startup. It was all told from a startup’s perspective… For example, in “Corporate Venture Capital — The Most Underutilized Factor…Corporate Venture Capital9 min read
May 9SmartAB™ Wisdom #3: Add IQ To Your Subscription ModelLast month, I introduced a truly innovative and ground-breaking service — SmartAB™. And I declared right from the outset, that Canada Green ESCO (CGE) designed SmartAB™ to turn advisory costs into… profit centers. And at the times when all the major stock indices are in a free-fall and crater before…Subscription9 min read
May 5SmartAB™ Wisdom #2: Embrace MetaverseIs Metaverse On Fire? In my LinkedIn post “Content Is Eating The World”, I wrote: “Exactly 10 years ago, Marc Andreessen from Andreessen Horowitz, coined his famous phrase “Software is eating the world”. …Metaverse8 min read
Apr 23SmartAB™ Wisdom #1: Avoid Taking Debt!SmartAB™ is a truly revolutionary concept. And IMHO, it is time for the Institutional VCs to look at themselves in a mirror and ask the following question: Are Most Of Your Investments Doing Well? Well, if not, let us turn your portfolio losers into… profit makers, at a very low…Advice8 min read
Apr 8SmartAB™ — Redefining EntrepreneurshipRedefining Entrepreneurship — one Advisory Board at a time… If you followed my LinkedIn posts over the last 6 years, you must have noticed a great deal of REINVENTION advice. I offered my recommendations to companies and associations of all sizes — large and small. The list includes: · Reinventing IBM · Reinventing Virgin · Reinventing MEC · Reinventing…Advice10 min read