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How To Craft The Perfect 'Shark Tank' Pitch
Now in its fifth season, ABC's hit reality pitch show "Shark Tank" has made entrepreneurship and the process of acquiring funding a cultural phenomenon. It's also provided countless examples of pitches...
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19 Successful People Who Have Been Fired
Getting a pink slip can be demoralizing, to say the least. Luckily, these successful people prove that it's possible to bounce back.Clearly, Mark Cuban was destined to become more than a computer store...
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9 Business Tips That Startups Should Ignore
When you start up, everyone wants to throw in their two cents. Chances are, you'll ask them to. Advice from seasoned entrepreneurs is usually meant well, but that doesn't mean it's right for you. When...
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Bill Gates Rocks Back And Forth In His Chair When He's Thinking
Top executives sometimes exhibit peculiar habits.Microsoft's Bill Gates has a habit of rocking back and forth in a chair whenever he's in deep mental concentration.The more agitated or excited he gets,...
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Warby Parker's Founder: There Are 2 Reasons Why People Leave Their Jobs
Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker says there are two reasons why people leave their jobs: 1) They don't like their boss or 2) they aren't learning and growing.To make sure people are happy and prevent...
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The 15 Highest-Paid CEOs In America
Chief executives in America get paid more than CEOs anywhere else in the world, often bringing in annual compensation packages worth millions of dollars.In the last three decades, CEO pay grew at a...
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How Warby Parker Thrives On Brutal Honesty
Not wanting to be another failed partnership, the founders of eyewear company Warby Parker, who were former classmates at Wharton, decided early on that they would be able to criticize each other...
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7 Things Great Entrepreneurs Don't Do
These days, everyone with a MacBook and a blog thinks he’s an entrepreneur. Well, here’s a little tough love for the entrepreneurial generation: Calling yourself a CEO doesn’t make you one and a small...
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Sallie Krawcheck's 14 Lessons For New Entrepreneurs
Sallie Krawcheck is a former banking executive and the current business leader of professional woman’s network 85 Broads. The network is 30,000+ women strong, with members from across industries and...
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Successful Entrepreneurs Do One Thing Really Well
Twitter, Instagram, and shopping site Polyvore all have one important quality in common. They do one thing extremely well.Zeroing in on one idea and executing it exceptionally is the key to...
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H&R Block's Co-Founder Is Grateful For Their First 8 Years Of Struggle
When Henry Bloch and his brother, Richard, started their tax-preparation company H&R Block in 1955, they didn't know they were going to struggle for eight years before experiencing success.Today,...
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4 Incredibly Successful Companies That Didn't Get A Deal On 'Shark Tank'
It doesn't take getting a deal to make it big on "Shark Tank."Some of the biggest success stories from ABC's hit pitch show, now in its fifth season, walked away from the tank empty-handed. But it...
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These 'Shark Tank' Hopefuls Nearly Lost An Amazing Deal Because They Got Greedy
When a husband and wife team walked into the tank on the most recent episode of ABC's reality pitch show "Shark Tank," the investors didn't seem t0o interested in Rick and Melissa Hinnant's lace sock...
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What It's Like Working With The Meanest Investor On 'Shark Tank'
If you're a fan of ABC's reality pitch show "Shark Tank," you know that the relationships between the hyper-competitive investors get heated at times.Tensions tend to peak when multiple Sharks express...
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Barbara Corcoran: Ladies, If You've Got It, Flaunt It
It may be 2013, but that doesn't mean women shouldn't flaunt their sex appeal to get ahead. That's the message New York real estate mogul and ABC's "Shark Tank" investor Barbara Corcoran was trying to...
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How Sierra Nevada Grew From A Microbrewery To A National Brand
What does it take to turn a homespun craft beer into a national brand?That's the question Ken Grossman, president and founder of Sierra Nevada, tackles in his new book, "Beyond the Pale: The Story of...
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How This Entrepreneur Went From Internet Illiterate To E-Commerce Billionaire
By the time he was 16, Michael Rubin was more than $200,000 in debt with his discount ski-equipment business.Although his parents wanted him to go to college, Rubin dropped out after six weeks to focus...
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How To Be More Entrepreneurial At Work
When it comes to making a difference, it seems that there is never enough time or resources to try new ideas or programs. Instead, we focus on the day-to-day and try to make the most of what we have to...
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Mind-Blowing Numbers Aren't The Only Thing 'Shark Tank' Investors Care About
How did a former NFL player-turned-entrepreneur with disappointing sales get an investment from the Sharks in the latest episode of ABC's reality pitch show "Shark Tank?"It's not because Al "Bubba"...
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These 50 Major US Companies Have Zero Women On Their Boards
Women may make up nearly 50% of the workforce, but many of the most powerful and influential companies in the U.S. have yet to make meaningful moves to advance women into top leadership positions. For...
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