Monthly Archives: July 2008
Drawing a Line Everyday
This past week I sent an email to one of our portfolio companies, PBwiki, that really demonstrated the daily grind that is life at a start-up. Every day you have to find a way to make progress and move the …
Entrepreneurship is about getting someone else to do the work
One of the most important of Yeh’s Laws of Entrepreneurship is simple but universal: Get someone else to do the work. I’m not advocating laziness in entrepreneurs–entrepreneurship is hard work. But you have to realize that hard work is insufficient. …
Thoughts Must Be About Greatness
So many times when you are at a technology start-up you get caught up in the day-to-day drudgery of trying to make incremental progress. While it is essential to make the tactical decisions and efforts, you have to understand that …
Be Decisive, But Don’t Rush In
John Wooden is famous for saying, “Be quick, but don’t hurry.” Unfortunately, it’s hard to act on this Yoda-like utterance. That’s why I’ve rephrased it (glancing nervously at the sky, hoping to avoid a lightning bolt) in my own words: …
