Finally the SMS arrived:
“Tomorrow morning 5am, flight number AZ610 from Rome to NewYork.”
An SMS hitting my BlackBerry on Sunday evenings used to decide my destination and client for the coming week.
I was working for one of the top thr ...
Posted Tuesday, January 13th 2015 at 9:21AM
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For many entrepreneurs, the process of launching a company begins with the lightbulb moment when they conceive of a breakthrough idea for a new product or service. Very often, they are so passionate about the idea that they believe its merits will be ...
Posted Saturday, January 10th 2015 at 2:16AM
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http://www.businessinsider.com/barbara-corcoran-advice-get-attention-mistakes-2014-12
Really helpful if you're interested in getting someone's attention without souring the relationship. ...
Posted Thursday, January 8th 2015 at 8:53AM
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(taken from Fast Company) http://www.fastcompany.com/3037958/why-music-majors-make-some-of-the-best-entrepreneurs
WHY MUSIC MAJORS MAKE SOME OF THE BEST ENTREPRENEURS
IF CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ARE LINKED, HOW CAN WE BETTER DRAW ON CREA ...
Posted Tuesday, December 16th 2014 at 10:59PM
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In 2005 at the age of 16, Patrick Collison was the recipient of the 41st Young Scientist of the Year for his work with Lisp. His brother and co-founder John Collison scored the highest-ever score received by a student for the Irish Leaving Certificat ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2014 at 10:47PM
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According to the historian Roy Foster, after centuries of misfortune, the Irish have finally got lucky. On most weekends you can see some of the luckiest at play at Ireland’s big racetracks—rough-handed farmer types, wads of notes at the ready, w ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2014 at 10:46PM
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According to the historian Roy Foster, after centuries of misfortune, the Irish have finally got lucky. On most weekends you can see some of the luckiest at play at Ireland’s big racetracks—rough-handed farmer types, wads of notes at the ready, w ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2014 at 10:43PM
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Benjamin Disraeli, a 19th century British Prime Minister, once said, "Man is only great when he acts from passion."
For today's aspiring entrepreneur, exploring avenues of creativity to find your passion is likely the quickest route to increase yo ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2014 at 6:52PM
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DECEMBER 15, 2014
Building a successful, thriving business isn’t easy. If it was, everyone would do it. According to data presented by the Harvard Business School:
25 percent of startups will fail within the first year.
Of those remaining, 36 ...
Posted Monday, December 15th 2014 at 1:36PM
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Who shook up music the most in 2014? Sorry, Taylor. Nice try, Queen Bey. Apple’s Sept. 9 press conference that unveiled the iPhone 6 was the year’s -- maybe even the decade’s -- watershed moment. In one presentation, the company went all in o ...
Posted Saturday, December 13th 2014 at 10:30PM
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In order to enable your business to function smoothly and do better, it is not only important that your budget mirrors its strategic goals, but you also need to have specific guidelines with regard to the steps to achieving those goals.
In today ...
Posted Wednesday, December 10th 2014 at 4:17PM
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If you live in Silicon Valley, chances are that you are reading this article from your iPhone, while riding in an Uber car to the company you work at that holds the next world-changing technology.
But it goes beyond the technology we see and hold ...
Posted Wednesday, December 10th 2014 at 2:46PM
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http://www.businessweek.com/small-business
It’s the time of year when American households are filling up with stuff. Your living room is piled with boxes from your Black Friday haul, or your porch is creaking under the weight of UPS deliveries. ...
Posted Wednesday, December 10th 2014 at 12:47PM
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Coaching is an inherent aspect of leadership that, done well, is of immense benefit but, done poorly, can turn problems into crisis. Whether you are managing a large organization with hundreds of employees or an the CEO of startup trying to inspire a ...
Posted Saturday, December 6th 2014 at 3:31PM
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While some people knock advanced degrees, many entrepreneurs benefit from formal business training. But there are certain things even the best programs don't usually teach (or teach well) that are critical for you to master.
11 founders from YEC n ...
Posted Friday, December 5th 2014 at 8:37AM
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SOURCE: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/239664
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Do you really have more freedom as an entrepreneur than as an employee?
The answer: Yes and no.
The primary complaint with the typical 9 to 5 schedule is that it ...
Posted Wednesday, December 3rd 2014 at 12:56PM
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Running your own business is the American dream. Add “work from home” to the mix and it sounds like paradise, right? There are certainly plenty of upsides to running a successful (emphasis on “successful”) business from home. However, many en ...
Posted Wednesday, December 3rd 2014 at 11:27AM
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Japan’s biggest companies have a case of SoftBank envy, and that’s good for entrepreneurs like 23-year-old Takumi Shimizu.
Billionaire Masayoshi Son, 56, has boosted SoftBank Corp. (9984)’s market value to $99 billion since founding the bus ...
Posted Wednesday, December 3rd 2014 at 11:08AM
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My family didn’t move to the ghetto when we relocated from Brooklyn to Detroit. But by the time I moved out of Detroit, my neighborhood had a large amount of crime — it had become the ghetto. Even if I had spent my entire childhood in the most de ...
Posted Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 at 6:24PM
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Certain words invoke powerful images in the mind—and “grit” is one of those words. When we associate grit with someone, it goes far beyond just being tough. It’s that something extra in the face of adversity.
Through the years we have seen ...
Posted Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 at 6:23PM
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How many customer loyalty cards do you have in your wallet? You know, those paper or plastic rectangles that give you the 10th item free after purchasing nine items or that help you collect points that you can redeem for a discount?
My wallet is l ...
Posted Monday, December 1st 2014 at 7:17PM
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Brand-Building With F-Bombs: Small Biz Looks To Twitter
Richard Easton loves the mixed grill special at Mangal 2, a family-owned Turkish restaurant in the gentrifying East London neighborhood of Dalston. What first drew him, though, wasn’t the f ...
Posted Tuesday, November 18th 2014 at 6:53PM
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Great story about a guy who didn't give up even after being fired. He was able to retire at age 27! ...
Posted Tuesday, November 18th 2014 at 6:49PM
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