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BE 2.0: Self-Correction is Vital – Recognizing When Change is Needed

Paul G. Silva

” List all possible causes of that failure Identify the most dangerous factors Develop mitigation strategies immediately This process helps you see risks your optimism might otherwise blind you to. I called both current and former members to understand what was and wasn’t working. The results?

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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

Career reinvention is a powerful journey, and this article showcases real-world examples from successful entrepreneurs. We started with the same questions many entrepreneurs ask: Is there a real market? From 2000 to 2004, I held jobs that allowed me to travel the country. We were in four cities. We had 50 employees.

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How the New York City innovation community can still lose (and what you can do about it)

This is going to be BIG.

I remember hearing that a New York City venture fund was raising money in 2004 and almost skipping the meeting, because New York wasn’t a viable place to deploy that much capital—it was a small blip in the past. Startup success is a team effort and you can't just have great entrepreneurs. Angels: Focus and pace.

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EO Honored by Nuway Foundation for its Work Supporting UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Written by Alex Yastrebenetsky, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Cincinnati, Ohio, and founder of InfoTrust , an award-winning digital analytics consulting and technology company that helps marketers use data to make smarter decisions. Microlending programs provide zero-interest loans that help entrepreneurs.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

Both Sides of the Table

He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Selling LowerMyBills: o In 2004 he was getting a lot of call to take more money but was not interested. On Entrepreneurship: What makes a great entrepreneur? If you need money to even hire a developer [means you cannot even excite one person to put in some sweat equity – not a good sign about your ability to motivate people.].

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. It was obviously a scheme set up by young entrepreneurs to line their pockets and some big-company executives who didn’t understand innovation. then bought GeoCities for $3.6 Enter Facebook.