The music industry is abuzz with talk about Pandora’s acquisition of Ticketfly. It’s a “game changer,” everyone is saying. It’s the biggest news story of the week and it’s great news for Gigmor. Why? Because it validates what Gigmor has been asserting since Day 1: with recorded music revenues declining and live revenues growing exponentially, other […]
Category: Entrepreneurship
Steve Jobs: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward”
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the […]
Let’s Walk to Ottawa! How a Marathon Hike Prepared Me to Be a Startup Entrepreneur
When I was in high school we decided to walk to Ottawa. By we I mean 6 of us who were all in the school’s camping club, which was called Outward Bound and modeled after the Colorado-based program with the same name. We camped year-round, regardless of the season or the weather. One year a […]
What Kind of Need Does Your Business Satisfy?
Recently a business acquaintance told me about a website he’d invested in. In many ways, it sounded like a good opportunity. It addressed the needs of a large segment of the population, there was no clear leader among the incumbents, there were obvious revenue streams. I wondered if my lack of enthusiasm was just my […]