Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show

When you are taking a pet with you on a plane — remember that you are doing something extraordinary. And only one person is responsible for your fantastic experience. Gayle created the soft-sided pet…

AI-generated art. Now today AI has become so powerful. It is generating art, it is generating text, it is even writing full books. 

And this trend is going to continue. As AI becomes more powerful, it…

Co-founders are the support system, which can make or break your startup. I have so many stories of how co-founders came together and filled in the gaps for each other and supported each other in the…

As startup founders, one of the biggest challenges we face is to have enough people around us who can believe in our mission, who know us, like us, and can trust us with the solution we are bringing …

Startups are like a baby — you’ve given birth to an idea. Now you need to raise that baby until it becomes an adult. 

That is equivalent to a self-sustaining, growing, and healthy business, which is g…

Above all else, I care about my family, friends, and team. I learned that family is forever no matter what kind of hardships you face in life. 

And I tell my clients as well — if you want to find succ…

I talk to myself — I tell myself that I have surmounted so many challenges in my life. And yet here I am standing. So the answers lie within, what am I capable of? 

What are my strengths? What am I go…

Let me share a story about a startup founder who came from Fortune 500 and started a very innovative company. He was so successful in raising funds and building credibility that he lost the point of …

Chris Voss is a former FBI hostage negotiator and currently CEO of the Black Swan Group which specializes in solving business communication problems using hostage negotiation solutions. Chris wrote t…

The only fear is fear itself for a startup founder and entrepreneur. 

Business is full of uncertainties but as business owners, we’ve to recognize one thing — business is all about taking calculated r…

There are four types of communication. 

The first level is what I want to convey; 2nd is what comes out of my mouth; 3rd is what you hear in terms of words, and 4th is how it actually makes you feel i…

So I got pitched by a startup founder and here are a few things that I really liked about their approach

The founders shared their stories about their journey, life, and what have they achieved — whic…

Startup founders have to make hundreds of decisions every day. So if we get into analysis paralysis, where we look at all the future outcomes — our decisions get slow, and that kills the momentum. 

So…

Bilsay serves as Regional CFO (TIP Region) and Board Member at DöhlerGroup. DohlerGroup operates in more than 130 countries across all continents and offers fully integrated food and beverage solutio…

Did you call investors? Is the branding meeting scheduled yet or not? Did you make sure that all the salaries are right? 

This is a perfect example of micromanagement. Assign the task to your employee…

How do you know that the strategy you're working on is going to yield results and bring in the cash flow that you need for a healthy sustainable business? 

First of all, what is the demand for your pr…

How do you recognize highly relevant offers or products that the market demands? Well, the very first thing is to focus on your area of expertise. 

If you're an expert in business, technology, marketi…

In order to overcome the imposter syndrome, you should always look back at how far you have already come. 

If you just draw that trajectory on a graph… I haven’t seen any life journey which goes up an…

Christa joined Corel as the CEO and sits on the company’s board of directors. Corel builds software solutions that simplify the task journey for knowledge workers. Corel is a KKR portfolio software c…

Don’t use very technical language and don’t attempt to be smart. Instead, treat everybody like they are in seventh grade and use simple language so that most people can understand what you're trying …