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Just What Do You Mean, Entrepreneur?

Leading Blog

There are very few budding entrepreneurs that would not want to duplicate their success. David Sax, author of The Soul of an Entrepreneur , says that a startup myth has developed that has “increasingly defined what an entrepreneur was supposed to look like, how they behaved, and what they did.

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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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15 Nuggets of Wisdom From 15 Entrepreneurs

Terry Starbucker

The best way to discover them is to ask those who have overcome the odds to tell their stories, and that’s what the Oregon Entrepreneur’s Network (OEN) did last week here in Portland, inviting 15 Oregon entrepreneurs to speak at their first OEN Summit.

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Rebel Entrepreneurs Avoid Conventional Wisdom

Leading Blog

This is a guest post by Jonathan Moules author of The Rebel Entrepreneur. There is a dirty little secret that most famous entrepreneurs and those that back the start-up culture prefer not to tell you—success in business is a minority sport. This figure is about the same across developed nations, according to the OECD.

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quickpoint: Artificial Intelligence and What is an Entrepreneur

Leading Blog

I share a couple of perspectives below on technology—what it can do and what we shouldn’t expect it to do. Technology doesn’t solve humanity’s problems. Technology is an enabler, but humanity has to deal with humanity’s problems. That's what defines an entrepreneur.” It was always naïve to think so.

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

Women on Business

Develop networks Strong networks provide endless opportunities to get more things done in a more efficient and effective manner. Develop a planning process that consists of setting measurable objectives. Why I Chose to Become an Entrepreneur Post by Veronica Eyenga, contributing Women On Business writer People. Post by Jane K.

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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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