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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2025

Leading Blog

Tiny Experiments : How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World by Anne-Laure Le Cunff Life isnt linear, and yet we constantly try to mold it around linear goals: four-year college degrees, ten-year career plans, thirty-year mortgages. What if instead we approached life as a giant playground for experimentation?

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How to Evaluate Whether You Made an Effective Career Decision

Lead Change Blog

Tom made a major career decision 3 months ago: he decided to leave his position as chief information officer at a large manufacturing firm to become an entrepreneur and start a company to provide software that helps manufacturers improve the quality of their manufacturing process. The Science of Effective Decision Making.

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What Can Leaders Learn from Elite Athletes About High-Level Performance?

Leading Blog

During her tennis career, Serena Williams maintainedand still doesa healthy, largely plant-based diet as part of her philosophy of eating to live rather than vice-versa. He has 35 years of experience as an entrepreneur, educator, and researcher, including serving as CEO of three tech start-ups and leading a strategy management consultancy.

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3 Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

Leading Blog

The real issue here is that if an entrepreneur comes in to a pitch and goes on and on about how they’re going to build a billion dollar company in just a few years, most investors eyes tend to glaze over. Like Jerry Yang who started Yahoo, as investors we are looking for entrepreneurs who are obsessed with a new technology.

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5 Important Things to Remember as an Entrepreneur :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Related posts: Being an Entrepreneur – How I Fight Against the Conformist in Me Guest post by Rebecca Tervo (learn more about Rebecca at. Why I Chose to Become an Entrepreneur Post by Veronica Eyenga, contributing Women On Business writer People. Corporate Exec or Entrepreneur – Which is Better? Post by Jane K.

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Leadership Lessons From A Serial Entrepreneur

Eric Jacobson

Brad Jacobs ’ book provides you a treasure trove of leadership lessons from a man with more than four decades of CEO and serial entrepreneur experience. He began his career at age 23 when he founded Amerex Oil Associates, followed by Hamilton Resources, both privately held.