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- Entrepreneurs are... lazy?
- I’ve seen it argued that “laziness” is one of the most essential traits of some successful entrepreneurs because it leads them to innovate. They don’t complacently accept “the way it’s done,” if they can figure out an easier, faster way to get the same result. ...
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Posted by: Thom Ruhe
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July 10, 2009
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- Speaking at the 18th Annual Congress of the European Business & Innovation Centre Network (EBN) in Fez, Morocco
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People from 30+ countries, speaking multiple languages, sharing diverse cultures, coming together around one theme – entrepreneurship. So it was recently when I had the opportunity to address the 18th Annual Congress of the European Business & Innovation Centre Network (EBN), in Fez,...
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July 08, 2009
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- Entrepreneurship News Round-Up: Week of 7/6/2009
- Bob Cringley writes about FreshJerky.com, a 1-man shop doing $1M annually on the internet.
George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen discusses the impact new media is having on the economy in an interview with The Economist.
Is entrepreneurship in decline? Steve King says no. BusinessWeek...
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July 06, 2009
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- Entrepreneurship News Round-Up: Week of 6/29/2009
- Barry Ritholtz on the Big Picture blog delves into a new article in "Scientific America" titled The Neuroscience Science of Bubbles and Busts. The article, which he calls "fascinating stuff," is a look at the “worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,” from the perspective of understanding...
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June 29, 2009
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- VIDEO: Speaking About Entrepreneurship at the C2ER Conference
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Earlier this month, I had the privilege of addressing a roomful of individuals at the 49th Annual Conference of the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) in Kansas City, MO. The theme of this year’s event was "Energizing Entrepreneurship: Monitoring Progress, Making Change,” and...
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June 26, 2009
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- Entrepreneurship News Round-Up: Week of 6/22/2009
- Tyler Cowen on the Marginal Revolution blog raises the question (again) "which would you rather have, the fiscal stimulus or $775 billion in public health programs? Even better, how about $300 billion in stimulus -- the immediate stuff like aid to state governments -- and...
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June 26, 2009
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- Entrepreneurship Is “Boom-ing”
- “Economists know that entrepreneurship will drive the economy back to health, but many people may be surprised to learn that the baby boom generation is behind the wheel, according to a new study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.”
As detailed in this recent...
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June 24, 2009
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- VIDEO: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says "The time is now!"
- It sounds like the intro line from a corny recruitment brochure – “Want to make money, change the world – and have fun doing it?”
But according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, entrepreneurship might be the way to do just that!
While speaking at the...
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June 22, 2009
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- Entrepreneurship News Round-Up: Week of 6/15/2009
- Tyler Cowen on the Marginal Revolution blog raises the question (again), "which would you rather have, the fiscal stimulus or $775 billion in public health programs? Even better, how about $300 billion in stimulus -- the immediate stuff like aid to state governments -- and...
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June 22, 2009
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- Understanding Innovation
- Successful entrepreneurship is, in many respects, a “perfect storm” of strategic planning, market opportunity, hard work, perseverance, the right team and countless other factors – some within your control as an entrepreneur, and some that aren’t. One factor that often plays a large role in...
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June 19, 2009
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