Stories and lessons from the struggle and success of those who have realized their entrepreneurial dreams whether as first timers or veterans.
Ethics brings to mind dusty volumes of impenetrable text, heated arguments that go nowhere, and an overbearing concern with political correctness. But my thirty years as an ethics consultant has taught me something different. Ethics is really about releasing the forces of innovation in an organization. The reason for this is simple. To have ethics […]
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Carmit Yadin, Author, “How to BOOM B2B Sales” You have an idea. You start a company. You develop, refine and produce your solution or product. You stand back and take rightful pride in your creation. Now what? You have to sell it! For many entrepreneurs sales can seem like a daunting obstacle in their path
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Art Coley Jr., CEO, The Entrepreneur’s Source Often, people running a business at home are dismissed as hobbyists, but new research suggests that assumption is far from true. A new analysis by Emergent Research, Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force, argues that home-based businesses are not only operating successfully, well established and long lasting, but also making
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Samantha DiGennaro, Founder & CEO, DiGennaro Communications Many entrepreneurs resist the strictures of hierarchy, and I am no exception. We want the best ideas and actions to come from anywhere and take flight. In my experience, hierarchies limit people, keeping them at prescribed levels and often times preventing them from thinking bigger or stretching beyond
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Congrats on your child’s recent graduation. You were probably fortunate enough to hear a great commencement speaker at a college graduation. Robert De Niro, Maya Rudolph, Jon Bon Jovi, the Obama’s, and Flo from the Progressive Insurance Commercials were all commencement speakers this graduation season. They probably told their young audiences that opportunities were limitless,
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Gigi Stetler, Author, Unstoppable! Surviving is Just the Beginning It’s no secret that our world is still in the grips of a major recession. Whether it is a personal financial crisis due to unemployment or the need to secure financing to get a business off the ground, the current economic climate calls for what I
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Saurabh Saxena, CEO & Founder, Holachef.com Being an entrepreneur is a continuous learning process. Every day, I feel more enlightened than before. Startup life not only grooms you into being a seasoned businessperson, it also tests and hones your people-management skills which help in personal life too. The most important aspect to consider for
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Dr. John Demartini, Founder, Demartini Institute Human behaviorist Dr John Demartini explains why it’s important to pay yourself first and other methods you can use to maximize your profits A few years ago I worked with an entrepreneur. Although he was driven, he had been overly altruistic and had not maximized his profits to himself.
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Gordon Casey, Managing Director, Front Shore Many new hedge fund managers used to work at investment banks, at trading desks. They leave their jobs behind because they have an idea, a trading strategy or an algorithm, let’s say; something that they believe enables them to beat the market. They do not start their hedge funds
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The more you gain the more you have to lose. This fact often pressures leaders into spending more time defending their positions than they do in listening to new ideas. The one word every leader should avoid is, “But…” The word “but” signals that your brain has quickly conjured up reasons for not taking a
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