Tag: Entrepreneur

  • I have cancer, what’s your excuse?

    I have brain cancer. What’s your excuse? Ronnie Castro, venturebeat.com You may have caught the arti­cle by my friend and co-founder Matt Ehrlich­man last month, titled “My 32-year-old co-founder has a brain tumor — seri­ous­ly?“ To set the record straight, I’m 33 now, not quite old enough to start lying about my ag… http://flip.it/kTGHI Related…

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  • Skip the PowerPoint and do a demo

    How to get your demo right Brad Feld, venturebeat.com I get demos every day. Mul­ti­ple times a day. I don’t want to see a Pow­er­Point deck — I want to play with some­thing. I don’t want to hear a descrip­tion of what you do — I want to see a demo. I don’t want you…

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  • Best states for entrepreneurship

    10 Top States for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Bill Murphy Jr., inc.com D.C. BILL Recently I told you about the 10 worst states for new business in America. Now here’s where entrepreneurship is thriving. Recent­ly, I told you about the 10 worst states in Amer­i­ca for new busi­ness­es—at least, accord­ing to the… 10 Top States for…

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  • Traits of a serial entrepreneur

    The Skills Most Entrepreneurs Lack Bill J. Bonnstetter, hbr.org Entrepreneurs are a unique group of people, but they behave in patterns. In fact, as I recently wrote here on HBR, my firm’s research shows that most serial entrepreneurs display persuasion, leadership, personal accountability, goal orientation, a… http://flip.it/wLeH4 Related articles Entrepreneurs have leadership skills, but lack…

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  • Thinking of Starting a Business? Check Out Consumer Health Technology

    April Joyner, inc.com Inc. magazine Apr 8, 2013 New apps and devices are bringing diagnosis and treatment straight to the end consumer. fea­tured com­pa­ny Well­frame brings arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence to heart care. The Afford­able Care Act put a… Thinking of Starting a Business? Check Out Consumer Health Technology http://flip.it/DF2GI http://flip.it/mkzag Thinking of Starting a Business? Check…

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  • How do entrepreneurs answer the question: what do you do?

    (via What Do You Do? An Entrepreneur’s Answer – Forbes) Related articles Nivea Print Ad Doubles as Solar Charger in Brazil – Forbes (lumpyproletariat.wordpress.com) Aliko Dangote Is Africa’s First $20 billion Man- Forbes. (soundsmusicstudio.wordpress.com) What Tech Can Do For Your Health And Your Government – Forbes (1bedouin.wordpress.com)

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  • Fuck Cancer CEO Yael Cohen On You Can’t Please Everybody

    By Neil Janowitz, fastcompany.com Lessons: “Some­times peo­ple are offend­ed by the name, which is obvi­ous­ly never our inten­tion. But I’ve learned that we’re not here to please every­one, and I’m ok with that. Not every­body loves what we do—and that’s prob­a­bly for … Fuck Cancer CEO Yael Cohen On You Can’t Please Everybody Related articles…

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  • Accelerators Are the New B-school

    Flash Steinbeiser, inc.com Inc.com staff As more young entrepreneurs find success from their business accelerator contacts, the usefulness of traditional business school is put into question. Turns out, more and more young entre­pre­neurs favor the busi­ness con­tacts… http://flpbd.it/tBMY1 Accelerators Are the New B-school Related articles Brad Feld to write foreword for the book Accelerate (howtowriteabusinessplan.com)…

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