Do you really need specialist knowledge?

February 20, 2011

There are many people who specialize in something. The increasingly complex world seems to dictate that, and I often hear specialist knowledge as being an important requirement for consulting buyers. A specialism namely indicates experience and expertise in a specific field or industry and therefore is the only skill worth paying for, so the popular theory [...]

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Lisa Gansky: The future of business is the “mesh”

February 19, 2011

At TED@MotorCity, Lisa Gansky, author of “The Mesh,” talks about a future of business that’s about sharing all kinds of stuff, either via smart and tech-enabled rental or, more boldly, peer-to-peer. Examples across industries — from music to cars — show how close we are to this meshy future.

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International Challenge USA, The Hague

February 18, 2011

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting a lot of new people during an event that was hosted by the Dutch ministry of economic affairs, and was in relation to starting a business in the USA. Lots of practical advice, tips and tricks were shared. For those of you who visited the panel discussion on [...]

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5 Things to Stop Doing as an Entrepreneur

February 14, 2011

Here are a few things that I try to stop doing: 5. Delay small tasks If it takes less than two minutes to accomplish, do it now. Postponing it will simply take more time ( including to make sure to remember and plan it as task). 4. Multitask A growing amount of research suggest that [...]

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From Shareholder Value to Shared Value

February 7, 2011

Professor Michael Porter argues to make a leap forward in the thinking about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in his latest article in Harvard Business Review. According to Porter it’s even time to rethink capitalism. So far we have assumed that what’s good for business is good for society. Multiple examples (in finance, international trading and [...]

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Top 5 Startup Best Practices

January 19, 2011

In my book Startup Best Practices; Conversations with Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs, advice and more than a hundred lessons learned on starting up a business have been brought forward. So what is the common denominator in these stories? What are the entrepreneurial best practices that surface most? Passion The first popular advice is the importance of [...]

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Happy New Year

January 1, 2011
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Merry Christmas

December 23, 2010
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Free Book Shines Light on Best Practices of Silicon Valley Serial Entrepreneurs

December 13, 2010

PRESS RELEASE (PDF) AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 10 DECEMBER 2010 — Management consultant Cees J. Quirijns discovers the dos and don’ts for starting a business in his book Startup Best Practices: Conversations with Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs and shares his insights in a free e-book that is available for download at http://www.efactor.com/sbp and is distributed via EFactor; [...]

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Gratis boek schijnt licht op Best Practices van serieondernemers in Silicon Valley

December 10, 2010

PERSBERICHT (PDF) AMSTERDAM, 10 december 2010 — Managementconsultant Cees Quirijns ontdekt de do’s en don’ts voor het starten van een bedrijf in zijn boek Startup Best Practices: Conversations with Silicion Valley Entrepreneurs. De verkregen inzichten worden verspreid in een gratis e-book via EFactor, het grootste wereldwijde online netwerk voor entrepreneurs, en is te downloaden op [...]

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