It’s not about pushing more hours, longer days, and endless weeks that meld together because you sacrifice your weekends. Working smarter is about being more efficient with your time and knowing what you need to do, when you need to do it, and if you need to do it at all. Here are some tips that can save you time and (hopefully) money:
 

When I was a freshman in college, I took a seminar on entrepreneurship. It was the kickoff program for the then-new School of Technological Entrepreneurship. They brought in CEOs and founders of great local companies to speak to students. One speaker, Russ Wilcox (now former CEO of E Ink), made a lasting impression. After graduation four years later, I started working for E Ink and now I'm an entrepreneur on my own. This was not an accident.
 

In all the discussions about changing the culture in Massachusetts to better promote a healthy entrepreneur ecosystem, a major player has been consistently ignored: Large Corporations.  The role of these organizations on local economies is obvious, and yet when considering how to help startups, they're often forgotten.

We're in high gear in the month of March with over 40 different Boston entrepreneur networking events and office hours this week. This week is the second week of Mass Mobile Month, a celebration of the mobile industry with tons of events this month. You can learn more about the month at the site MassMobileMonth.com.

Life is no more a box of chocolates than Tom Hanks is a mentally challenged man who mooned the president. Life is, however, a juggling act, in which you are constantly engaged in keeping certain things up in the air while focusing on others that need to be handled immediately. The key isn’t making sure nothing drops; that’s nearly impossible.

When you first catch the entrepreneurship bug, you're often left with more questions than answers. You can gather advice from people around you and try to find answers to every question you have, but you'll soon find that for every answer you get, you'll have 2 new questions.

Why are some metropolitan areas so much more entrepreneurial than others?  Silicon Valley seems almost magically entrepreneurial with a new startup on every street corner, but in declining Rust Belt cities such start-ups are far and few between. 
 

Believe it or not, it's March already and there are over 30 different entrepreneur networking events and office hours this week. This week marks the kickoff of Mass Mobile Month, a celebration of the mobile industry with tons of events this month. You can learn more about the month at the site MassMobileMonth.com.  Check out the show and notes below to find out all about them and all the other great happenings in the community this week.

Are you living life on Shuffle, waiting for something good to happen to you, or are you making your own playlist? It’s a question most people think they know the answer to, until they actually take the time to analyze how they make their decisions. And when they find the truth, it’s often one that they don’t like hearing.
 

There are few stereotypes that fit entrepreneurs well.  Some are short, some are tall.  Some have Ivy League degrees, others never finished high school. Some have parents who are entrepreneurs, while others have no ties to startups in their family.  Despite all these differences, there is one thing that they all share: a high tolerance for uncertainty.