By Julia Ebner
August 07, 2014
Should China want to remain an international economic superpower, it will need to substitute its current growth model – one largely based on abundant, cheap labor – with a different comparative advantage that ca ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2016 at 7:49PM
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Last week, for the first time in years the Federal Reserve slightly raised interest rates. For millions of small-business owners across America, this will likely mean a minimal increase in monthly interest expense.
If you're one of these business ow ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2016 at 9:58AM
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Wences Casares, CEO of bitcoin wallet provider Xapo, is the payments giant’s newest board member.
Payments giant PayPal announced a new board member this morning, potentially signaling the company’s openness to cryptocurrencies. Wences Casares ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2016 at 9:54AM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/business/smallbusiness/small-businesses-get-a-permanent-tax-break-on-buying-equipment.html?_r=0
Tucked inside the mammoth tax and spending bill passed by Congress this month is a much-anticipated provision that wi ...
Posted Thursday, January 14th 2016 at 8:35AM
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http://www.wsj.com/articles/loan-program-helps-turn-refugees-into-entrepreneurs-1452631540
Falah Yaqoob, who cooked for U.S. troops in Iraq, said he lost everything before fleeing his homeland and coming to America in 2010 as a refugee.
But tha ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2016 at 11:31PM
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By Richard Lin
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) are metals that "remember" their original shapes. SMAs are useful for such things as actuators which are materials that "change shape, stiffness, position, natural frequency, and other mechanical character ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2016 at 9:12PM
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What is the most common mistake startup founders make during early growth? Not establishing a strong legal structure off the bat. While it’s tempting to dig into the vision for your company and start making your idea a reality, it’s important tha ...
Posted Wednesday, January 13th 2016 at 10:14AM
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JANUARY 11, 2016
With a fresh start to our year, a new list of aspirational resolutions, and the Consumer and Electronic Show (CES) for inspiration, ambitious entrepreneurs should be excited for 2016. And yet with that unbridled excitement and ambit ...
Posted Tuesday, January 12th 2016 at 10:01AM
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/christinemoorman/2015/01/18/measuring-the-impact-of-social-media-on-your-business/ ...
Posted Monday, January 11th 2016 at 12:08PM
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Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's largest startup factory, is rejiggering responsibilities at the executive level and adding more staff. Paul Buchheit, the creator of Gmail and of Google's onetime slogan "Don't be evil," replaces Sam Altman as managing ...
Posted Sunday, January 10th 2016 at 9:25PM
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http://marshmallowchallenge.com/TED_Talk.html
What can marshmallows teach us about innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership? A lot, actually.
The challenge requires participants who are grouped in teams of four to build the tallest free sta ...
Posted Monday, January 4th 2016 at 8:53PM
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I recently asked fellow members of the Young Entrepreneur Council--an invite-only organization made up of the world's most successful young entrepreneurs--just what it is that makes them work so hard. Money? Success? Autonomy? Or do entrepreneurs jus ...
Posted Monday, January 4th 2016 at 12:05PM
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I recently asked fellow members of the Young Entrepreneur Council--an invite-only organization made up of the world's most successful young entrepreneurs--just what it is that makes them work so hard. Money? Success? Autonomy? Or do entrepreneurs jus ...
Posted Monday, January 4th 2016 at 12:03PM
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Aspiring CEOs often view the work of visionary leaders such as Elon Musk and Alan Mullaly and promptly place them on a pedestal. You may believe that the leaders you admire are smarter, luckier or more creative than you, but the traits that make them ...
Posted Saturday, December 19th 2015 at 12:12AM
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Making perfect decisions is overrated.
When founders face tough business decisions, it’s more important for them to make a good decision quickly than it is to find a flawless solution. Facebook FB -3.24% got to where it is today by moving fast ...
Posted Saturday, December 12th 2015 at 2:41PM
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Author: Tucker Hughes
As of this writing, I’m 22. In the last 12 months I’ve generated a million dollars in commissions in one of the most competitive industries on the planet, where my average competitor is at least double my age with 10 time ...
Posted Saturday, December 12th 2015 at 1:39PM
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"At 15, Jack Andraka found a way to detect pancreatic cancer that’s 150 times faster, 25,000 times cheaper, and up to 50% more accurate than the methods currently used in most hospitals.
20-year-old John Meyer started a company called Fresco New ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2015 at 11:54PM
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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/251346
Success story of the creator of PingTank, an app that lets users customize photos with animation overlays. ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2015 at 10:23PM
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May 4, 2015
When you’re thinking about taking the plunge and becoming an entrepreneur, for the first few weeks and months of your entrepreneurial journey, the prospect of being your own boss and investing in your own enterprise is exhilarating ...
Posted Friday, December 11th 2015 at 4:02PM
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Here is an article by Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator, a seed capital firm.
http://www.paulgraham.com/ds.html
In this article he writes about the founders roles in the early days of startups. Specifically, he writes about doing things th ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2015 at 4:39PM
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Fail to succeed. In an instant, how do you interpret this phrase? Does your mind skip directly to the idea of failure as the end result, or do you perceive failure as a means to success?
Like the proverbial lens through which we view a glass as ha ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2015 at 4:36PM
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Everyone procrastinates from time to time, but some do it more often than others. For those habitual procrastinators, the ability to complete even the smallest tasks or projects can seem elusive. However, it’s important to remember that procrastina ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2015 at 4:00PM
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Posted Thursday, December 10th 2015 at 1:19PM
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Founders sometimes attach themselves to a market before fully understanding which customers will benefit from their product or service most. For many startups, Business to Consumer (B2C) is the more fast-paced, attractive option initially. It makes s ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2015 at 12:54PM
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DECEMBER 8, 2015
The Wall Street Journal describes how marketing is becoming increasingly automated as a result of new technologies. "It's not that the goals of marketing have changed, but the means to achieve them." A wide-variety of automation t ...
Posted Thursday, December 10th 2015 at 11:58AM
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