Mark C. Thompson
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Mark Thompson is a bestselling business author, serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and founding patron of the Richard Branson Entrepreneurship Centre. He is former Chief Customer Experience Officer at Charles Schwab, where he ran the Schwab CEO Series and interviewed many of the world's most prominent business leaders and CEOs . He can be found at MarkCThompson.com, writes and runs The Success Blog, and tweets @SuccessMatters.

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Two Ways to Give Back This Memorial Day

(0) Comments | Posted May 27, 2012 | 2:59 PM

During a sea battle in the Pacific during WWII, my Dad was blown down on a full deck when a cannon backfired on the USS West Point. He had enlisted in the Navy to serve as a medic, and hit the bloody beaches in every battle without a firearm. He was shot...

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Richard Branson's Inspiring Panel of Entrepreneurs to Help Him Select Best Ideas for Screwing Business as Usual

(0) Comments | Posted April 23, 2012 | 5:01 PM

Sir Richard Branson has selected six entrepreneurship expert judges for the Virgin Global SBAU Entrepreneurship Competition and I am proud to be counted among them.

The panel of judges also includes Jane Tewson (Igniting Change), Creel Price (Co-founder of Blueprint Management Group), Peter Boyd (COO, Carbon...

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A Recollection Of Visionary Leader Steve Jobs

(0) Comments | Posted October 28, 2011 | 2:37 PM

My first memory of Steve Jobs is from high school, when he was a senior and I was a freshman. I went to Prospect High but showed up weekly at Homestead High School, where Steve went, because my mom was the principal's secretary and I'd work in the office after...

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