A while back, our CEO, Ray Leach, wrote a blog regarding podcasts available from Stanford University concerning a wide range of topics for entrepreneurs. For those of you that follow Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner podcasts, you know what a great find this site is. If you haven't been there in a while or not heard of it, you should check it out.
Many times in my past life as an entrepreneur, I found myself incredibly close to the details of the business I founded. Needless to say, making payroll every two weeks when you're bootstrapped has a way of keeping you focused!
Sometimes, it's good to step back and take a look at some broad, strategic issues of a more general nature that can get you to think not only about the world at large, but may even bring a fresh perspective to your own business or situation. These great podcasts allow you to do just that and gives you really interesting perspectives from some of the world's sharpest minds. For instance, check out the recent lectures from Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer. The following video podcast, titled "The Future of Microsoft, The Future of Technology," really got me thinking and it just might get your wheels turning as well.
You may not agree with the almost-always-bombastic Mr. Ballmer, but you have to appreciate his zeal, even after all the years he's been at it and with how many people want to take down his company!
John Dearborn is the Chief Development Officer of JumpStart and brings experience as an entrepreneur, founder and CEO at companies across the US and Europe over the last 25 years to the pursuit of economic transformation in Northeast Ohio.