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INSTANT MBA: You Have To 'Go All In' To Become A Successful Entrepreneur
Today's advice comes from Gurbaksh Chahal, founder and CEO of RadiumOne, via his article in Entrepreneur:"The best thing about the unknown is the meaning itself: If success were guaranteed, the journey...
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Google, Facebook, Zynga, Pinterest, Instagram…Every entrepreneur has heard of them, and every entrepreneur secretly wishes to be as wildly successful as they’ve been.These companies didn’t just hit...
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9 Ways To Make Better Executive Decisions
Small-business owners have to make a wide variety of important decisions every day. As much as we’d like to think we’re always rational and making the best choices for our business, that’s often not...
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What To Get Your Techie Friend For Christmas
If you want to really wow a budding entrepreneur friend or family member this holiday, consider Founderscard.Think of it as a club for people with an entrepreneurial spirit. It's a way to meet...
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INSTANT MBA: Tackle The Problems That Need Solving Right Now
Today's advice comes from Jill Shah, serial entrepreneur via The Daily Muse: "You have to think through what is ready to be resolved now."Shah created Jilllist.com, aimed specifically for healthcare,...
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The 'Avon Ladies' Distribution Model Has Made Its Way To 21st Century Uganda
In the late 19th century “Avon ladies” started to knock on America’s doors to sell beauty products.In the early 21st century “phone ladies” began offering phone service to rural Bangladesh by renting...
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Kleiner's Mike Abbott: Venture Capital Must Change
Mike Abbott, the brilliant engineering leader who turned Twitter around, has been a venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins for about a year now. And he's learned a lot.He's now determined to change the...
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INSTANT MBA: 'There's Nothing More Important Than The Silent Example'
>Today's advice comes from Nina Vaca, CEO of Pinnacle Technical Resources via Inc.:"I grew up watching my parents fail and fail and then fail again. I watched them fail and lose homes and have and...
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Entrepreneurs Are Kidding Themselves When They Pretend To Hate Big Companies
Entrepreneurs often see themselves as a worthier alternative to big companies. They frequently see large corporations as slow moving, impersonal, bureaucratic, or worse. Eric Ries, author of "The Lean...
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One-Third Of Americans Are Working For Themselves
When the economy became unreliable, people decided to rely on themselves to propel their careers.“We see the labor market itself following the trend that we call ‘the individualization of work' —...
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The Billion-Dollar Question About Tony Hsieh's Las Vegas Experiment
There are only a few cool bars on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, and on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has hit up most of them. He made his way from Commonwealth, a pub...
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Ideas Are Worthless When They're Just Sitting In Your Head
Ideas. They bubble up all day long, when we're sitting at stoplights or standing in line for our mocha-lotta-frappa-no-whip concoctions. And, I've noticed, the idea supply chain goes into overdrive...
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4 Characteristics All Successful Founders Possess
No two successful people are the same.But Inc's Mehdi Maghsoodnia, who has spent 20 years investing in and starting companies, came up with four common characteristics the best entrepreneurs...
View Article7 Habits Of Self-Made Millionaires
First, understand that you no longer want to be just a millionaire. You want to become a multimillionaire.While you may think a million dollars will give you financial security, it will not. Given the...
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INSTANT MBA: You Have To Believe You're Number One
Today's advice comes from Ben Lamm, CEO of the mobile applications studio Chaotic Moon via his interview with Entrepreneur:"You can't do everything we've done in such a short period of time without...
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7 Essential Traits You’ll Need To Become Your Own Boss
When I decided to leave my job as a receptionist, I was exhausted and burnt out from making my job a number-one priority — and to top it off, I could barely pay my bills. I loved what I did, but I...
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INSTANT MBA: Company Chemistry Begins With Clockwork Communication
Today's advice comes from Sir Terry Matthews via Discovery 12: The Secrets Of Business Success on YouTube:"It's like clockwork. You have to come up with a high level report saying what the hell is...
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29-Year-Old Sells Toys That Inspire Girls To Become Engineers
GoldieBlox Inc. is a toy company founded by 29-year-old Stanford engineer Debbie Sterling that’s in an enviable position at the moment.The company has already sold out for the first pre-order delivery...
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How US Immigration Policy Is Holding Back The Tech Sector
For all of the lip service that gets paid to promoting innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology, the government can be surprisingly slow to take steps that could help the companies and people that...
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How Sudden Celebrity Changes Everything When You're Running A Startup
Amber Atherton certainly isn't the first celebrity to own a business. Many of those in the limelight become their own brands and start companies.But unlike other celebrity entrepreneurs, Atherton — a...
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