Archive for June, 2010
We spend most of our life at work, working. Surely it is important that our heart and soul be engaged in business? Otherwise we face a lifetime of numb drudgery or robot-like functioning. Not a pretty picture! How do we engage our Souls in our work, in business? “We labor at our daily work more ardently and thoughtlessly than is necessary to sustain our life, because it is even more [ Read More ]
At the end of the day what inspires or motivates you to be in business? We may all have different responses to this question: money, desire to make a difference, express creative drive, have fun, solve problems. I was inspired reading Randy Komisar’s book ‘The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living’ as he reiterates my own philosophy & values in business: Business [ Read More ]
Risk is an integral part of being an entrepreneur or a venture capitalist. A friend said that I take too many risks and it led me to wondering why do we take risks? I am not going to focus on whether risk is inherently good or bad but why we take risk (if you do?) & what purpose it serves. “The trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk [ Read More ]
Creativity is usually not much of a requirement in big corporations – they have systems to squash that! However it is critical in startups especially at the outset. Creativity is not just painting pictures or playing music or writing poetry but is actually about self expression i.e. expression from the heart. It comes in many forms dependent only upon the creator’s talents. I remember years ago when educating myself about [ Read More ]
