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

Paul G. Silva

Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 The Challenge of Seeing the Truth In BE 2.0, Jim Collins makes a powerful observation: the most successful organizations don’t stagnatethey continuously self-correct. The results?

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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

Tauranga-based King’s current governance roles include chairing the boards of MyNoke, the world’s largest industrial worm farming operation, StandTall, a charitable trust intentionally set up to support youth entrepreneurship and Starboard Maritime Intelligence.

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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. We used to chat a fair amount via our respective blogs about management and entrepreneurship. I''m proud of the whole team at Backupify and have been really impressed with Rob''s ability to grow and learn as an entrepreneur over time.

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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? Generally entrepreneurship is not about work-life balance: you need to love it, it has to be your life and you have to devote everything to it.

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

Both Sides of the Table

But the most interesting is that all of his stories involved entrepreneurship. They say that the best entrepreneurs are those who fundamentally want to solve problems or change industries. If you’re an entrepreneur make sure you watch the video for that segment alone. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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Hint Founder Kara Goldin Says When it Comes to Entrepreneurship, Just Get Started

StartupNation

Nor did I picture myself as a national advocate for health or dream of being recognized as a leading entrepreneur. That spring of 2004, I was looking after our three kids—Emma, five; Kaitlin, three; and Keenan, two. Related: 15 Books That Every Entrepreneur Should Read During the Pandemic. www.harpercollinsleadership.com.

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Do entrepreneurs really have common character traits?

NZ Entrepreneur

Researchers have been trying for decades to establish the most common character traits of entrepreneurs. It has even been noted that there are more differences between the traits of different entrepreneurs than between those of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs (Gartner, 1985). Kolb & Wagner, 2015).The