by Mike Goodrich | Oct 18, 2019 | 2019, Birmingham, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
I just finished Mike Isaac’s Super Pumped: the Battle for Uber, which I strongly recommend, particularly for fans of corporate intrigue and Silicon Valley excess. The story focuses on the rise and fall of Travis Kalanick, the hard-charging founder and CEO of Uber, who...
by Mike Goodrich | Sep 24, 2019 | 2019, Birmingham, Entrepreneurialism
Change usually has a downside, and the Opportunity Zone[1] tax law is no exception. A couple of pieces published in The New York Times highlight a negative perspective coming to the fore of this new tax law. In “How a Trump Tax Break to Help Poor Communities Became a...
by Mike Goodrich | Aug 27, 2019 | 2019, Birmingham, Entrepreneurialism
The venture capital business model is built on the theory that if you do ten investments and have one huge return, what happens with the other nine investments doesn’t matter. I don’t take issue with the financial argument of this model. However, I do have an issue...
by Mike Goodrich | Aug 5, 2019 | 2019, Birmingham, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses, Social Capital and Social Entrepreneurialism
In 2018, Innovate Birmingham published their final report on the Birmingham entrepreneurial ecosystem. (See five articles at the end of this link – http://www.innovatebham.com/about/) In that report, the core conclusion is that Birmingham needs more...
by Mike Goodrich | Jul 11, 2019 | Birmingham, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
“There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story.” That’s what Tyrion Lannister says in the series finale of Game of Thrones. Whether or not you like the show’s conclusion, the conclusion that stories matter is undeniably true. Entrepreneurialism...
by Mike Goodrich | Jan 8, 2019 | 2019, Birmingham, Business Lessons, Entrepreneurialism
Birmingham is still recovering from economic mistakes of the past. We can’t repeat them. When the clock struck midnight the other night, I heard the refrain, “Time to party like it’s 1999.” I guess a little Prince, coupled with a year mnemonically similar to an event...
