Growth only happens when you stretch. It's when you're uncomfortable, when you push yourself, when you struggle, that you break through to new capabilities. In startups and entrepreneurship, especially a first startup, it all feels like a stretch. Because it is. You never know what you can do until you do it for the first time. So what if you fail? When you first fell off your bike while learning how to ride, did you abandon all hope, stop trying and walk away? If you answered yes, please go get … [Read more...] about Uncomfortable? Good.
Annette Zinky
Luck = Preparation + Opportunity
A good friend and mentor reminds me regularly that luck is where preparation meets opportunity. Luck is one of those things that successful people all seem to have, or that disappointed people say the other guy has. The truth is that luck isn’t the important part. Luck is the outcome, not the cause. It is the result of doing hard work and looking out for opportunities. NACET has a create-your-own luck opportunity beginning this summer. In late July, we will kick off a startup academy in … [Read more...] about Luck = Preparation + Opportunity
The Importance of Market Research
As fate would have it, the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET) was discussing this new, monthly business column during a recent staff meeting. We’re proud to have this space that you’re reading and, naturally, feel the need to get out of the gate with a relevant, timely piece. With the deadline looming in the background, we were working on our big whiteboard in the foreground. In brightly colored marker, we listed our programs – circled some, underlined others … [Read more...] about The Importance of Market Research
