Welcome to "Tips from the Trenches"

I have often felt like the proverbial cobbler with holes in his own shoes. 

Here I am a Silicon Valley sales, marketing and equity fundraising consultant to early-to-mid stage start-ups, and a frequent speaker on all things entrepreneurial, yet I haven't gotten around to doing my own web page or blog.

Following multiple requests for additional information from a recent flurry of speeches and lectures at various entrepreneurial events from Edinburgh, Scotland to Montreal, Canada to Cal/Berkeley and numerous other Silicon Valley venues, I decided to fix my "shoes" and start this blog. Better late than never . . .

Tips from the Trenches will be just that: lessons learned -- from outstanding sucesses as well as painful mistakes -- and insights gained from working with hundreds and hundreds of entrepreneurs over the past decade.

The direction this blog takes will, to a large part, be determined by you, the reader. Please click on this email link and send me your thoughts, suggestions, questions and requests. Thanks in advance for your guidance! 

I hope you'll enjoy Tips from the Trenches . . .

        Bill