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Essential skills for an entrepreneur

NZ Entrepreneur

Are entrepreneurs born or made? While it helps to have that entrepreneurial flair inbuilt, there’s no reason you can’t learn and develop the qualities of an entrepreneur. Good ideas often stem from our experiences – opportunities we’ve seen that have come from problems we’ve had. We think both. Felix Scholz.

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Budding entrepreneurs receive a head start with startup education scholarships

NZ Entrepreneur

A new batch of enterprising New Zealanders are being given the opportunity to fast track their ventures from idea through to startup, thanks to an online education initiative backed by Callaghan Innovation and entrepreneur education platform Startup NZ. Dr Jenny Douché, Callaghan Innovation.

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25 Lessons In 25 Years: Tips for Success from a Self-Made Beauty Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Manage All of Your Crazy Ideas and Review Them Each Quarter Like most entrepreneurs, I have no shortage of ideas. It’s frustrating when I see entrepreneurs jump on the same old business bandwagon with no real positioning as to how their company is different from the rest. When Opportunity Knocks, Scrutinize It.

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How to Successfully Ride The Emotional Highs and Lows Of Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed to EO by Chantel Cohen, an Atlanta EO Accelerator participant who founded CWC Coaching & Therapy to help entrepreneurs and professionals alike find a healthy sense of work-life integration and create the lives they always imagined. The journey of an entrepreneur is never easy. Be intentional about cultivating self-love.

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Investing In Distressed Communities. Opportunity Zones

Smart Hustle Magazine

Ramon Ray got a chance to talk with Scott Turner, the Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, which is quite a mouthful, so you can refer to it as WHORC. Opportunity Zones and What They Are. The entrepreneurs and business owners in these cities and communities can benefit from the incentives.

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Business Ramifications of Legalized Marijuana: Trouble or Growth Opportunity?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Q: What business challenges and opportunities has your company experienced? At the same time, it has created an opportunity for us because we have more clients that are doing more testing, especially for safety-sensitive positions such as commercial driver’s license holders and other regulated positions. appeared first on THE BLOG.

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25 Sources For Funding Minority Entrepreneurs

Smart Hustle Magazine

Here’s a list of top sources for funding minority entrepreneurs. The NASE has been around since 1981, providing entrepreneurs and micro-businesses, including those by minority owners with access to grants and educational resources. It is a great resource for minority entrepreneurs with a more specific funding need.