Past articles

In 2005 through 2007, I wrote a series of articles for the Orlando Business Journal. Recently I searched for one of my articles and found a complete list of these articles on the Orlando Business Journal Website.  After reading them again, I concluded that nothing has changed and all of the articles are still relevant for advanced entrepreneurs.  So, below is a list of the articles with the links to the Orlando Business Journal.  

• 4/09/2007

• Government action can't stimulate venture capital funding

  The state of Florida, first through its Commerce Department and then through Enterprise Florida, the Legislature and the governor's office, has tried to …
• 8/14/2006
  

  Failure to focus on strategy may mean murky future

• Professor Howard Stevenson of Harvard University once observed that entrepreneurs are driven by perceived opportunities. They hotly pursue the opportunity …
• 4/10/2006
  

  Board members who micromanage can stir up trouble for a CEO

  Plenty of unpleasant surprises can await a CEO, and a micromanaging board member often is one of them. It's not unusual for a CEO to invite a current or …
• 2/20/2006
  

  Raising capital? Then make sure to mind the GAAP

  There's a reason for the "GA" in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). And, generally speaking, the sooner an entrepreneur accepts it, the better …
• 10/31/2005
  

  Fiscal fiction: The CFO as a company sales rep

  another Grimm Truth pop quiz: The degree most commonly held by chief financial officers of publicly held companies is: A) CPA B) MBA or C) divinity. If you said "C," give yourself a detention. The obvious …
• 8/15/2005
  

  Tough love

  As tempting as it might be for an entrepreneur to stack a board of directors with compliant friends and family, the lively debate of an independent board …
• 6/27/2005
  

  Ethics aren't negotiable

  ORLANDO -- Ever get the feeling that you're being watched? Well, if your title begins with "chief" anything, you're probably not imagining things. My …
• 5/16/2005
  

  Business intelligence: It's not an oxymoron

  It never ceases to amaze me how some entrepreneurs are so eager to boldly go where they have absolutely no business going and how much money they are willing …
• 3/21/2005
  

  Setting up the new CEO to fail

  Business would be so much easier if people would just play nice. But that's rarely the case when a company funded with venture capital outgrows its founder …