Successful Entrepreneurs Create Strong Personal Networks
In my book, An Unlikely Intervention, I submit that a key to becoming a successful entrepreneur is found in creating a matrix of enduring personal
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Simplest Ideas Make Greatest Impact
My book, An Unlikely Intervention, recounts the journey of a startup company’s quest to find a treatment for severe pediatric diarrhea. It offers a vivid
Create Employee Trust by Building a Culture of “We”
In my experience, talented employees stick with companies through challenging times only when they trust their leadership. The great business thinker Peter Drucker recognized the
Stumbling From One Failure To Another With No Loss Of Enthusiasm
Someone once defined success as “stumbling from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” The spirit of entrepreneurship epitomizes this humorous but insightful
Make Social Responsibility a Cornerstone of Company Culture
It is increasingly clear that the CEO who fails to make social responsibility a cornerstone of their company culture risks seeing the company atrophy and
Doing Well While Doing Good
Today, it seems people don’t want to simply feel successful, they also want to feel that their investment is doing good in the world. Modern entrepreneurship is about more than making money or being your own boss.
Tom Washing
Author, An Unlikely Intervention
TOM WASHING has been active in the venture capital industry for over thirty years. He is a founding partner of Sequel Venture Partners, a Colorado-based venture capital firm investing in emerging growth technology companies. He has served on dozens of corporate and nonprofit boards of directors, including as founding Chairman of the University of Colorado Center for Entrepreneurship, President and Chairman of the Colorado Venture Capital Association, and Chairman of the Board of the University of Michigan Technology Transfer Advisory Board. Washing was named Master Entrepreneur of the Year by the Colorado Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Committee. Washing is the co-author of the award-winning book Passion for Skiing (2010), and was the assistant film producer of Passion for Snow (2013), the Emmy Award–nominated documentary film based on the book.