When New and Old Collide
When New and Old Collide Mastering two different worlds is no small feat on our hero journey of entrepreneurship. Whether that’s going fluent in a second language, launching a start-up while holding down a day job… or building that relationship with some nosy in-laws, breaking new ground while balancing the everyday grind takes more than […]
Allies and Enemies – Closer Than They Appear
Allies and Enemies – Closer Than They Appear It’s disorienting to watch millions gushing with empathy one second, but then casting fiery outrage the next. Not to mention firing people for having the wrong opinion. They might be allies… And it doesn’t help that people hide behind good intentions, trends, platitudes… whatever bullshit gets them […]
For Those Who Can’t Refuse the Call
For Those Who Can’t Refuse the Call “Lung cancer. Inoperable.” With these words, Walter White from the show Breaking Bad finds his life knocked apart by a cosmic two-by-four. Before long, the pushover chemistry teacher is all action. He forces a former student to break him into the drug business, cooks his first batch of […]
Hire Leadership with the “Trivium” as Your Guide
Hire Leadership with the “Trivium” as Your Guide Most businesses hire for skill and they experience all kinds of friction with people who can’t understand strategy, who can’t express themselves well, and who can’t act in a way that’s consistent because they just don’t think well. But if you hire for solid, independent thinking with […]
Build the Confidence to Speak Bravely
Build the Confidence to Speak Bravely We all want justice, and we all want people to flourish. But there seem to be more than one idea for how to bring that about. And it seems that only the destructive, revolutionary ideas are making it to the front in society. So why are the ones with […]
Fintech has been tested, and Fintech flunked. Let’s try Fintouch.
Fintech has been tested, and Fintech flunked. Let’s try Fintouch. Some time ago, in a different era, leading a different company, wearing a questionable suit, I wrote a piece about a trend in new “fintech” products that was bothering me: Fast cash advances for small businesses, available at a click, carrying rates so high you […]
Construction Finance Blueprint
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DARE TO GIVE : do you believe in people?
DARE TO GIVE: do you believe in people? What makes you believe in people? I know, that’s a big question. But it came up a lot when I was “birthing” Dare Capital, thinking about the decades I’ve spent providing working capital to all kinds of business. It kept coming up as I talked to Debra […]
They were the ideal client, until they made one little mistake.
They were the ideal client, until they made one little mistake. A staffing firm gets hacked – and faces disaster They were the ideal client. They’re a staffing firm, family run, very successful. They had been factoring their accounts receivable with a bank for over five years, with no problems, and with a consistent history […]