Author Archives: Brian Lash

Big-Talking Entrepreneurs

Have you ever met a big-talking entrepreneur?
The type who flaps his gums to you about bioreactors and continuous circuits and other high-tech whozits ‘n whatzats. Who asks about your business to test your intellect and decide whether or not the small neurons shooting in your head – which naturally pale in comparison to his [...]

You’re working on what? “Me too.”

When I tell an entrepreneur about a new product or service idea, he’ll ask, “Has it been done before?”
A lot of entrepreneurs – myself included – think along these lines; We hear a new idea and want to know if it’s truly innovative. And we consider our own ideas in light of those products [...]

The “Others’ Mistakes” Fallacy

Every weekend I help my parents at their small business (it’s a mom ‘n pop convenience store). It keeps my feet on the ground, it reminds me of the importance of a few business fundamentals (like treating customers better than they expect to be treated when they walk through the front door), and it [...]