Startup Lessons: June 2008 Archives

"John Osher has developed hundreds of consumer products, including an electric toothbrush that became America's best-selling toothbrush in just 15 months. He also started several successful companies, including Cap Toys. He built sales to $125 million per year and then sold the company to Hasbro Inc. in 1997. But his most lasting contribution to the business world just may be a list of screw-ups he jotted on the back of a piece of paper. "

Read the full list of the screw-ups at 17 Mistakes Start-Ups Make.

This brilliant cartoon caught my eyes in a blog post wine as commodity:


Poetic, mystical, and at the same time very true about the world of business. My friends know my motto (which is shamelessly stolen from the title of a book): Differentiate or Die!