Entrepreneurship

Just Listen Microsoft - An Opportunist Does Not a Visionary Make

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Apple, Windows 7, Microsoft, Mark Goulston, Visionary, Business, Entrepreneurship, Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

Opportunists are about extending a grasp in an already competitive environment. They are about being grabby, and when they have the clout of a Microsoft, about being "pushy."

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Entrepreneurship May Be Genetic

inc.com | Josh Spiro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Dna, Genetics, Entrepreneurship, Business, Hormones, Business News

If you made your first sale while still in diapers and your lemonade stand was a substantial contributor to the family income, you've likely been call...

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Young in America

David D. Burstein | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Debate, Social Innovation, Youth Vote, Youth, Unemployment Rate, Green Jobs, Economic Crisis, Social Security, Young-Invincibles, Economy, David Burstein, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Innovation, Fiscal Responsibility, Young Voters, Politics, Unemployed, Unemployment, Social Entrepreneurship, Millennials, Us Economic Crisis, Social Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Politics News
David D. Burstein

By most indicators young people are the most adversely affected age group by the economic crisis, the most at risk when it comes to health care coverage, and the deepest in debt.

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TechStars: It's About Community

David Cohen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mentorship, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Techstars, Boulder, Aol, Digg, Socialthing, Angel Investing, Software, Joe Stump, Simplegeo, Denver News
David Cohen

In Boulder entrepreneurship circles, there is a genuine desire to see others succeed and a general belief that karma matters. There's a sense that together we're building something here.

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Small Business Credit Squeezed As Financial Crisis Lingers

Reuters | nick carey | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Entrepreneurs, Small Business, CDC Small Business Finance, Entrepreneurship, Carmine Ryan, Small Business Credit, Business News

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Small companies create more than half of America's jobs, but the entrepreneurs who drive this part of the economy continue to co...

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Flickr's Caterina Fake: 'Hard Work' Can Be Detrimental

Fast Company | Cliff Kuang | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Efficiency, Neuroscience, Daydreaming, Watson and Crick, Caterina Fake, Economy, Four-Hour Work Week, Facebook, Entrepreneurship, Time Wasters, Hard Work, Flickr, Business News

Caterina Fake, who, with her husband Stewart Butterfield, founded Flickr, knows a thing or two about bliztkreig work schedules. But she points out tha...

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If You Want To Be An Entrepreneur, You Have To Be Willing To Take The Bagel

Simon Sinek | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Progress, Inspiration, Start With Why, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Business, Motivation, Why, Small Business, Business News
Simon Sinek

Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, and then try to figure out a process for how to get it. People who shouldn't be entrepreneurs see only the standard process.

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Why Did We Quit Our Cushy Corporate Jobs to Reinvent Independent Bookselling?

Praveen Madan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Bookselling, Local Bookstores, Independent Bookstores, Entrepreneurship, Books, Bookstores, Booksmith, Books News
Praveen Madan

"You did what?" is the typical response when we tell our friends that we quit our cushy corporate jobs and bought an independent bookstore in the heart of San Francisco.

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Lessons From Coco Chanel, a Self-Made Woman

Rachael Chong | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Coco Before Chanel, CoCo Chanel, Entrepreneurship, Gender Equality, Social Entrepreneurship, Glass Ceiling, Clinton Global Initiative, Women Entrepreneurs, Women and Girls, Business News
Rachael Chong

A woman ahead of her time, Coco Chanel was a true entrepreneur, who brought women freedom through fashion.

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Small Businesses That Are Cheap To Start

consumerist.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Businesses, Entrepreneurship, Recession, Start-Ups, Business News

Has the slumping economy got you looking for ideas to earn some extra money? If so, personal finance blog Wise Bread can help you out with their list ...

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Health Care's True Cost to Small Business

Andrew Ruben | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Small Business, Social Entrepreneurship, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Social Entrepreunership, Entrepreneurship, Perverse Incentives, Business, Entrepreneur, Health Care, Business News
Andrew Ruben

Reversing the perverse incentives in the health care system -- a system which prevents small businesses from growing -- is integral to any economic recovery.

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Start-Ups: Business Creating Takes Sharp Drop During Recession

wsj.com | CARI TUNA | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Businesses, Small Business Administration, Business Creation, Economy, Start-Ups, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Recession, Business News

New companies will be crucial to the strength of any economic recovery. Businesses in their first 90 days of life accounted for 14% of hiring in the U...

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Kathleen Colson: Making a Difference in Africa through Entrepreneurship [VIDEO]

Judith Ellis | Posted 11.27.2009 | Impact

Read More: Donating to Charity, BOMA Fund, Kathleen Colson, Entrepreneurship, Microfinance, Business, Africa, Impact, Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post, Impact News
Judith Ellis

The BOMA Fund works to alleviate poverty by building self-sustaining communities amid a rugged and beautiful landscape.

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New Power Girls: 20 Women Founders To Watch, Part II

Patricia Handschiegel | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Women Founders, NPG 20, Women Entrepreneurs, New Power Girls, Heidi Klum, Women in Business, Tyra Banks, Business, Entrepreneurship, Kim Kardashian, Rachael Ray, Business News
Patricia Handschiegel

Part substance, part style, and a hundred percent ambition, Power Girls are a new breed of business women and the evolution of hundreds of thousands of women before them.

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Ecopreneur: An Innovative Way to Attract Investors in a Recession

Kristin Boekhoff | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Investing, Investments, Social Entrepreneurship, Finance, Green Businesses, Bangladesh, Green News, Green, Women Entrepreneurs, Travel, Entrepreneurship, Private Equity, Entrepreneur, Investors, Business News
Kristin Boekhoff

I don't have to convince the Bangladeshis of the potential of their country. They are keen to change the world's negative perception of Bangladesh; a high-profile, luxury eco resort could do just that.

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What Is Work? Success Through the Immigrant Mindset

Sharon Glassman | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Network, Kinky Friedman, Living News, Work, Career Advice, Corporate Social Responsibility, Immigrant, Entrepreneurship, Work Ethic, Happiness, Sharon Glassman, Cuban-Americans, Adlai Wertman, California, Success, Glenn Llopis, Howard Beale, Living News
Sharon Glassman

"I was raised by two people who had lost their country," explains Glenn Llopis, a California-based entrepreneur with Cuban parents. "We were taught to see and seize opportunity."

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Five One-Way Tickets to Michigan, Please

Jeff Bocan | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit, Venture Capital, Michigan, Jeff Bocan, Entrepreneurs, Vc, Entrepreneurship, Economic Revitalization, Beringea, Business News
Jeff Bocan

This summer, I decided to move my wife and three little kids away from the sunny beaches and new media millionaires of Southern California to -- you guessed it -- Michigan.

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Join the Entrepreneurs' Movement That Launches Today: A "Cause" for our Economy

Carl J. Schramm | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Bet, Economy, Microsoft, Economic Crisis, Entrepreneurship, Whole Foods, Adobe Systems, Entrepreneur, Business News
Carl J. Schramm

While Americans understand that entrepreneurs are critical to economic growth, our national dialogue doesn't include comprehensive discussion of policies that promote private sector, job-creating reform.

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Is Prosperity Contagious?

Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Globalgiving, Entrepreneurship, Portland Maine, Prosperity, Living News
Dennis Whittle

A powerful example of contagion that I have seen (or tasted, actually) is the restaurant scene in Portland, Maine.

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On the Front Lines Update: Entrepreneur Mariann Smith declares New York Gift Show "better than expected"

Beth Schoenfeldt | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Trade Show, Collective-E, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Business News
Beth Schoenfeldt

Things have been picking up since we first talked to Mariann Smith in May of '09.

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Older Entrepreneurs and the Great Recession

Mark Miller | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Care Reform, Ageism, David Leonhardt, Baby Boomers, Entrepreneurship, The New York Times, Business News
Mark Miller

Many boomers are burned out on big companies and want to try their hand running their own show before they hang it up for good.

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From Fast Food Nation to Pro Food Ventures

Rob Smart | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Farms, Retail, Growing Power, The Jungle, Farmers, Food Retail, Will Allen, Upton Sinclair, Business, Fast Food Nation, Innovation, Usda, Slow Money, Michael Pollan, Pro Food, Food Inc., Industrial Food, Sustainable, Organic, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Local, Eric Schlosser, Pro, Investments, Triple Bottom Line, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Business News
Rob Smart

Early pioneers of the sustainable food movement, with dirt on their hands, lessons learned and progress made, have played a critical role in blazing trails for new ventures.

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Mental Masturbation

Sandy Grason | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Women Entrepreneurs, Success, Passion, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Business, Mindfulness, Productivity, Living News
Sandy Grason

I spent countless hours having these amazing, intellectually stimulating conversations but I wasn't taking any action. Mental masturbation.

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Leaving the Law, Part One: Why I Chose My Second Bedroom Over the Corner Office

Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Entrepreneurship, Law Firms, Economic Recession, Entrepreneur, American Dream, Career Change, Law School, Denver News
Laura A. Hutchings

Somewhere in the kitchen of my summer sublet apartment on the hill in Boulder, grinding chicken livers, I came to believe that no one would ever take me seriously without a law degree.

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A Sundance for Startups

Maya Baratz | Posted 11.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Vc, Indiem Film, Twitter, Intuit, Niche Film, Tech Crunch, Venture Capitalism, American Idol, Shooting Gallery Entertainment, Grand Jury Prize, Jay Bagash, techchrunch50, Silicon Valley, Mike Arrington, Sundance, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Mint, Media News
Maya Baratz

If you were to compare TechCrunch50 to anything related to Hollywood - a comparison folks in the tech industry love to hate - it's probably most like the Sundance Film Festival, circa anytime before this decade.

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