I really engage people and listen to them. Entrepreneurs should talk to customers and employees. Email is a start, but it can’t end there. Pick up the phone, or even text someone. Texting is more personal than email, and I’ve found it to be very useful. Travis Oliphant holds a…
Seek & Solve. Look for things that are broken and figure out how to fix them. Regus Advisors is a privately held advisory firm that specializes in the acquisition, rightsizing structuring and fund assistance for companies in a range of industry sectors providing mission-critical guidance for profitable growth and partnership…
I’m always taking notes. I sketch ideas out on paper, then I use Excel to hash them out further. Then, I come up with a framework for how I’ll execute the idea, and I create a working prototype to test my assumptions. Once I have data to prove the idea…
I like to meditate every day because it really helps me be very focused and deliberate about what I spend my day doing. My time is accounted for and none of it’s wasted. It helps me have a nice work life balance — work hard, play hard. Dr. Edward F….
Everything you do leads to where you are. Make any change, and everything can collapse. It’s the butterfly effect. Sure, I wish I’d had more business savvy back in the day or that I’d had more sales capability during the company’s first few years, but the truth is, I’m where…
Think. I know that sounds vague. Everyone thinks, but how often do you really take a step back and think about your business strategy, what’s worked, what hasn’t, and why? Erin Latham has served as a technology and open data government advisor to local and state government and higher education…
I truly believe that every mistake and every decision has led me to where I am today. I have had some bad patches and unfortunate luck, and I have made some stupid decisions. But at the end of the road, I’ve come out better and stronger. Stephen Vincent (Vinny) Jurado…
I want to foster an attitude where we are really just a sales and marketing organization that happens to produce world-class software. Marcus Turner is an accomplished analytical and technical architect with a successful track record in the planning and delivery of large scale enterprise solutions. His background includes the…
Take action. Just try it out. Don’t be afraid to fail, because if you can be brave enough to try, at the very least, you will learn something. Meghana Moya is a TCU alum and was the first international student to be awarded the ‘Distinguished Student’ award in the history…
Make a list, prioritize, delegate, delegate, delegate. It’s so important to trust your people. Allison Lami Sawyer is the CEO and co-founder of Rebellion Photonics, an advanced optics company spun out of Rice University in 2009. Rebellion Photonics is commercializing its unique snapshot hyperspectral imaging technology that’s used for chemical…