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How Founders Can Master Mental Resilience to Stay in the Game Long Enough to Win

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But now on the main stage at the biggest competition of the year, the audience is peering and the judges are scoring — and everything feels different. But now on the main stage at the biggest competition of the year, the audience is peering and the judges are scoring — and everything feels different. How will she handle the pressure?

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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Changing course A 2012 ski holiday in Canada triggered a remarkable new realization. Contributed to EO by Marina Byezhanova Justinus Adriaanse is an EO Canada Bridge member who grew up in a middle-class family in South Africa, keenly observing the glaring disparities that were unmistakably present in his surroundings.

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

Both Sides of the Table

It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. She hasn’t raised any venture capital. She drove her company to profitability before paying herself a modest salary. She leveraged herself and even sold many of her possessions to get started.

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Reflections from the Womenomics 2.0 Event at the Brookings Institute

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Fujiyo Ishiguro speaking at the Brookings Institute. Yesterday, 8 February, my colleague and I had the pleasure of attending the Womenomics 2.0 event , hosted by the Brookings Institute to discuss the “potential of female entrepreneurs in Japan.” When asked what motivated her, Ms.

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5 Hidden Entrepreneurship Lessons from 5 Christmas Movies

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The original version of this article appeared on Violet’s LinkedIn blog. . So, in the spirit of the holiday season, I revisited my favorite festive movies and realized that there are many hidden entrepreneurship lessons within them. . We have come to the last month of 2018! Love Actually. Home Alone. Jingle All The Way.

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Silicon Valley is a surprisingly clubby ecosystem: FC's Alex Mittal

FundersClub

Venture capital investing offers different challenges than those associated with tech entrepreneurship, but Alex Mittal, co-founder and CEO of FundersClub, approached the sphere of venture capital the same way he did as a tech founder previously: is there a better way to do this? ” In the end, venture capital is driven by capitalism.

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10 Tips for Creating Top-Notch Presentations

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A version of this article originally appeared Jeremy’s blog , where he shares his thoughts on leadership, relationships, fatherhood, entrepreneurship, productivity, and more. . Written by entrepreneur Jeremy Choi, CEO and co-founder of WPUP Inc. Steve Jobs was arguably one of the best presenters to ever grace a stage.