From Gross To Gourmet: A Tale Of Entrepreneurial Reinvention
In this posting on Forbes.com I tell the story of Larry and Mark Levy and how their company, Levy Restaurants, reinvented the [...]
Caring For Relatives By Robot
At the Internet of Things World Forum in Chicago in October 2014 I met executives from both Cisco and iRobot and had [...]
Cold Calling 100 Prospects A Day: One Entrepreneur’s Story
This week's posting on Forbes.com profiles a Naperville-area entrepreneur who made 100 cold calls a day while getting his business off the [...]
Six Steps to Billion Dollar Apps
While consumer apps get the most buzz, re-engineering business processes with mobile apps has the power to disrupt industries and [...]
Foldable, Bendable And Bright: The Future Of Displays
Apple recently acquired a startup that makes micro-LEDs for displays, but another company looks like it might have the winning [...]
When It Comes to Entrepreneurship, Be A Pig
In this week's posting on Forbes.com I take on the subject of commitment. See: http://www.forbes.com/sites/neilkane/2014/07/15/be-a-pig/
Staying Productive While Staying Active
How do you stay fit with a workaholic-like schedule that keeps you sitting most of the day? Some innovators have [...]
Why Today Is The Right Time to Start a Business
https://msutoday.msu.edu/360/2020/neil-kane-why-today-is-the-right-time-to-start-a-business/
From Gross To Gourmet: A Tale Of Entrepreneurial Reinvention
In this posting on Forbes.com I tell the story of Larry and Mark Levy and how their company, [...]
Caring For Relatives By Robot
At the Internet of Things World Forum in Chicago in October 2014 I met executives from both Cisco [...]
Cold Calling 100 Prospects A Day: One Entrepreneur’s Story
This week's posting on Forbes.com profiles a Naperville-area entrepreneur who made 100 cold calls a day while getting [...]
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants: The Very Best Way to Fund Your Business
Raising venture capital or angel financing are the sought-after ways of enabling your startup dream. The process of raising venture capital is time consuming, and [...]
Solar Energy Is Heating Up Tech — Even When The Sun Goes Down
In this guest post on Forbes.com, I talk about a recently announced scientific breakthrough from Harvard and MIT--and the impediments toward bringing it to market [...]
My Homage to Wrigley Field
In the summer of 1978, when I was 15 years old and didn't even have a driver's license, I sold Cokes as a vendor at [...]
Leadership is Situational, Integrity is Not.
For this month's post on Tech Cocktail I talk about leadership and ethics.
How You Get Slaughtered in a Down Round
Suppose your company has 8 million shares outstanding and you’re fortunate enough to be able to raise $4 million at an $8 million pre-money valuation [...]
What Does an Entrepreneur-in-Residence Do?
Many people are fascinated by this question, and in my monthly post on Tech Cocktail, I've taken a crack at answering it.