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

StartupNation

Used by permission of HarperCollins Leadership. 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. www.harpercollinsleadership.com. You’re smart.

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From Employee to Owner: How I Bought My Business

StartupNation

What about entrepreneurs that don’t start their business from scratch? It is possible to embrace entrepreneurship without starting a new business. In 2004, I left the firm to join Intuit as their in-house GM. I met and presented formally with Intuit leadership. I could feel a path to entrepreneurship opening up before me.

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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

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. She is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma is very friendly to entrepreneurs.

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Joseph Lee, CEO of Kairous Capital, Shares His Cross-Border Investment Philosophy for the Asia Pacific Region

AsiaTechDaily

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006. What qualities do you seek in start-up founders whose companies you would invest in?

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

BCG (January 2018): “Companies that reported above-average diversity on their management teams also reported innovation revenue that was 19 percentage points higher than that of companies with below-average leadership diversity — 45% of total revenue versus just 26%.”.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

BCG (January 2018): “Companies that reported above-average diversity on their management teams also reported innovation revenue that was 19 percentage points higher than that of companies with below-average leadership diversity — 45% of total revenue versus just 26%.”.

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