Eric Dingler was running two businesses remotely while his family traveled full time, and every week he and his wife sat down to review the numbers. When they paused that meeting for what was meant to …
Why Delegating the Finances Became a Blind Spot — with Publicist Susan von Seggern
Susan von Seggern joined a friend's Los Angeles PR agency in the late 1990s as the business development half of the partnership and left the money to her partner. Business was good, so when she …
Why ESPN’s Founder Was Pushed Out of the Network He Built — with Historian Mike Soltys
ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen burned through his own money, his credit cards, and his family's money to get a 24-hour sports network to the brink of launch -- then signed the Getty Oil deal that funded …
On Strategy, Startup Failure, and What “Best Practices” Get Wrong — with Eric Ries
Eric Ries's favorite mistake wasn't a failed product, it was not knowing what "strategy" meant until a panel of Boston consultants told him so. We trace that lesson from The Lean Startup to his new …
Why Walking Away from Tech Was the Wrong Move — with Irna Hutabarat Athans
Irna Hutabarat Athans is an innovation strategist, MIT Sloan grad, author, poet, and former Tango World Championship competitor. Her favorite mistake was walking away from technology entirely because …
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Building a Business Without a Business Model — with Dr. Julia Garcia
Dr. Julia Garcia built a performing arts collective before she understood the business model -- and later walked away from a tech startup she believed in because her sense of self-worth had quietly …
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