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Last week, my wife and I spent five days touring Panamá for a potential project. For those of you who have never been there (it was our first time), we found it to be a great country with lots of opportunities resulting from its abundant high-growth energy. However, the most interesting part of the trip was an invaluable connection we made through IASE. It turns out that one of our Members, Sandy Sandfort, has been living th… Continue

There is a HUGE difference between being an "entrepreneur" (i.e., a person who creates new business ventures) and a "CEO" (i.e., a person who runs business ventures). For those of you who are interested in being CEOs or being better CEOs, I think that these video clips from a recent Silicon Valley event provide some solid insights (at least for VC-backable ventures). Enjoy!

A few years ago I was asked by a local university to help them create a new entrepreneurship program within their graduate school of business. I had already been a guest lecturer/speaker in various other entrepreneurship classes, and I had always wanted to be a teacher. However, I wasn't sure if the practical aspects of entrepreneurship could be taught--or learned--in an academic setting. As I discovered, this is a hotly debated topic among some of the top business schools. In fact, the debate r… Continue

For those of you entrepreneurs struggling to find just the right mix of features to put into your product/service offering, please take a lesson from Kathy Sierra:

When we first launched IASE in 2003, it was primarily because we felt that space "enthusiasts" who called themselves "entrepreneurs" didn't fully appreciate what it took to successfully create a new business venture. Therefore, we set out to create a forum that would (a) connect successful entrepreneurs from other industries with passionate space experts and (b) provide space visionaries with entrepreneurial resources to turn their dreams into reality. I believe that we're making progress on bot… Continue