Duane Rollins

How long are you willing to pursue your dreams? Can you continue on through setbacks and disappointment? Can you overcome doubt, that faceless monster that tells you stop? Tinia can. I met her 15 years ago during my time at Virginia Tech (Go Hokies!). She’s somebody that I can

I sat in a talk yesterday with Melissa Bradley of 1863 Ventures [https://1863ventures.net/] and she was talking about fundraising strategies for startups. In one section, she broke down the seven strategies startups can use define their competitive advantage. Content courtesy of1863 VenturesThese strategies are: * Cost leadership: You can

I read a ton on the web. I did the math. Over the last 10 years, I have consistently read at least 3 articles and 2 videos per day on various topics. This means that a minimum, I’ve consumed 10,950 articles and watched over 7,300 videos over

We did it. GEW is coming to a close very soon and thank you all for your support. We have a good lineup of events today and a few more through Monday (see below). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So about the Verzuz last night between Jeezy and Gucci. I like both but I’

No one in the world has created more hyperlinks than me this week lol. But alas, we push on to Day 3 of Global Entrepreneurship Week [https://innovatecoalition.org/gew/]. This has been a great, wild ride to help bring GEW together, but I’m looking forward to the end.

Kicking off Global Entrepreneurship Week DC was so much fun yesterday that I’m coming back for more on Day 2! Event planning is hard work. You have to sell people on a vision, get them committed, schedule them into the week, and then promote, promote, promote. Even after all

#GEW2020 [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=gew2020&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6734085787836661760] DC is finally here! I'm excited for the amazing events happening all around DC! Register at bit.ly/gew2020dc [http://bit.ly/gew2020dc] and join some of the amazing events we have on

Every Friday, I share other great content (with some added context) to dive into over the weekend. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The World is Built on Sand… and We’re Running Out [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_PADr0jAA] Sand is the second most resource used behind water in our modern world.

Discipline is a struggle. I have an ample amount of it for a very small amount tasks but it feels almost non-existent for others. For the things that I have stayed consistent with, like this newsletter, here are three lessons learned: Be consistent about your starting time. My writing starts

Somebody needs to hear this: being neutral is not the same as being objective. Staying neutral in an argument because groups of people have differing opinions on the topic is NOT the same as being objective. Being objective is about weighing the facts of the matter and THEN HAVING AN