by Mike Goodrich | Oct 23, 2020 | 2020, Business Lessons, Technology
Years, maybe decades, ago, I had a discussion with an executive about whether or not you should have an assistant manage your calendar. The argument in favor went something like this: scheduling meetings takes time and your time is precious; delegate it down to save...
by Mike Goodrich | Sep 9, 2020 | 2020, Business Lessons, COVID-19, Entrepreneurialism
This essay has one symbolic animal, two analogies, and a couple of disparate themes. That’s allowable in essays in 2020. While my fear of bears came into focus with Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen, I can actually trace its origin to an earlier time. When I was...
by Mike Goodrich | Aug 27, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Entrepreneurialism, Financing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Social Capital and Social Entrepreneurialism, Start-Ups
In his essay released on April 18, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 Crisis, Marc Andreessen — famed venture capitalist and founder of Netscape — implored businesses, business people, and society to build great new things – in healthcare, in education, in...
by Mike Goodrich | Aug 4, 2020 | 2020, COVID-19, Financing, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Start-Ups
Undoubtedly, COVID-19 has devastated the American economy. On July 29th, the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady in response to a lack of economic growth. While there has been some recent improvement, the Federal Reserve stated that current economic...
by Mike Goodrich | Jul 22, 2020 | 2020, Birmingham, Birmingham Funded Start-Ups List, COVID-19, Entrepreneurialism, Start-Ups
We provide this update every six months, and we’ve enjoyed doing so because it gives us a chance to reflect on the market that we love so dearly. However, this perspective is different, and for obvious reasons. In some ways, it’s the most...
