As part of a recent class, a group of students at Imperial College Business School in London was broken into teams to put together a rocket and launch it without hitting any of the fancy cars parked nearby. Usually at least one or two groups fail.
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Posted Friday, December 13th 2013 at 8:13AM
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You're building your business with your own money, which means you get to keep control of it, not hand it over to some investor. But bootstrapping is tough, especially if it means putting every dollar you make back into the company instead of into yo ...
Posted Friday, December 13th 2013 at 1:08AM
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As an entrepreneur, I can tell you that starting, running and building a business goes well beyond skill, dedication and knowledge. Entrepreneurs and other business leaders must have tons of creativity for remaining relevant, for cultivating client r ...
Posted Monday, December 9th 2013 at 6:09PM
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Starbucks has a Christmas present for the coffee lover who has everything: a $450 metal gift card.
But you need to be quick if you want to share the gift of Starbucks: the coffee chain is only selling 1,000 of the uber-expensive stocking stuffers. ...
Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 9:46PM
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http://www.dailyfinance.com/
Fantex Brokerage Services Launches First Trading Platform for Stock Linked to the Value and Performance of an Athlete Brand
Fantex, Inc. to acquire a 20% minority interest in the brand income of Houston Texans Pro Bow ...
Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 6:39PM
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Should entrepreneurs focus solely on growing their business or also be concerned about social causes such as sustainability, women's empowerment, equality or the local economy?
Some people argue very passionately that the "business of business is ...
Posted Wednesday, August 14th 2013 at 12:45AM
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Erika Andersen Contributor
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2013/07/23/which-flavor-of-entrepreneur-are-you
I’ve read a great many posts and articles by and about entrepreneurs: how to be an entrepreneur; how to know whether you†...
Posted Tuesday, August 13th 2013 at 10:53AM
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Why Entrepreneurs Need an MBA
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-22/why-entrepreneurs-need-an-mba
So, you want to be an entrepreneur. You’ve even applied to grad school to get your MBA because you are that confident that your idea i ...
Posted Tuesday, August 13th 2013 at 10:50AM
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The Great Recession appears to have quenched millennials' thirst for running their own business, a new study finds.
Research from American Express OPEN revealed that the number of Generation Y entrepreneurs who started their own business straight ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 11:13PM
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By Brendan Coffey & Zohair Siraj - Aug 5, 2013 5:06 PM ET
There’s a reason why Richard B. Cohen escapes attention.
The chairman of C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. works out of a nondescript office park once slated to house a county jail in Keene, Ne ...
Posted Monday, August 12th 2013 at 12:11AM
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Entrepreneurship is the operative word these days — not just in the Valley. Universities are organizing business plan competitions, venture capital firms are offering entrepreneurs-in-residence (EIR) programs and corporations are putting programs i ...
Posted Sunday, August 4th 2013 at 11:30PM
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From New York Times, January 2, 2013
By JOHN GROSSMANN
Jacqui Rosshandler, founder of Eatwhatever: Should she take the money?
We just published a case study about Eatwhatever, a recent entrant in the crowded, billion dollar breath mint industr ...
Posted Thursday, August 1st 2013 at 1:46AM
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Interesting article that helps entrepreneurs get "backers"..an interesting new way to finance your own start-up.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/your-money/unusual-student-loan-programs-link-to-future-earnings.html?ref=entrepreneurship ...
Posted Friday, July 26th 2013 at 11:50AM
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When Kevin Shroff interviewed a small business as part of his MBA class, he realized that they were making the same strategic and tactical mistakes that Kevin had made years ago when he launched his own business. That insight sparked an idea: creatin ...
Posted Sunday, July 21st 2013 at 8:03PM
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