Benjamin C. Ashpole possesses a unique ability to obtain 
DAH s01e01: The Welcome of One Person
In this first episode, I interview Grant in Goshen, Indiana and learn how much a single person can effect the direction of one’s place and sense of home.
How to Get a Job at a Startup
Recently I’ve had people from someone with years of Fortune 50 sales experience to an Ivy League medical resident to a grad student in architecture to an undergrad in education to a cake decorator all ask me the same question. As an employer, how do I decide who I want to hire: what am I [...]
Nontraditional Funding Definitions
Nontraditional funding, also termed, alternative funding is an intuitive means to gain financial assistance. Funding sources gained by means other than resources such as banks, VCs, angels, or friends and family can typically be lumped into an example of nontraditional funding. Benjamin Ashpole is happy to discuss any or all of these funding opportunities with [...]
How to Thrive in the Times
One cold wintry night, I was feeling anxious about the pace of development of my company’s product. I phoned my business adviser, Aron, for whom as with many entrepreneurs I’ve met, his attitude, conviction, and something deep about satisfaction in life arise from the warmth of a natural kindling set ablaze by the strike of [...]
How to Make Sense
Almost all young people and at least 80% of the first-time entrepreneurs I’ve met have deep misconceptions that keep them from being successful because they don’t know how to make their new ideas resonate with other people. During college and my first job afterward, I was no exception. For me to make my projects make [...]
How to Get Things Done
In response to my last post, a career entrepreneur and friend, Eric, asked what tools I use to help manage multiple projects. Actually, Eric was asking in case I had any way to improve on his already remarkable system. Here is a paraphrase of the advice he internalized in order to become remarkably effective as [...]
How to Manage Multiple Projects
The other morning, I had a great coffee conversation with my adviser from grad school, JMS, about managing many projects at once. Here is advice that changed the way he interacts with every person and project, passed to him by a great friend and mentor, the late W. David Sincoskie: Be Where You Are Here’s why I [...]
