Passion for Fashion
By: AskMen.com, a Special to Overdrive
Even Thoreau, not a superficial man in the least, calls attention to the inherent power of clothes; they are a key indication and reinforcement of our social standing.
By: AskMen.com, a Special to Overdrive
Even Thoreau, not a superficial man in the least, calls attention to the inherent power of clothes; they are a key indication and reinforcement of our social standing.
Categories: FINANCES general PEOPLE/STAFF
Tags: business entrepreneur fashion mens
By: Shoya Zichy, a Special to Overdrive
Matching who you are with what you do may seem like common sense, but the sad truth is that most people don’t have jobs that truly complement their personalities. In their newest book, Career Match, coauthors Shoya Zichy and Ann Bidou take readers through a simple, but revealing, ten-minute self-assessment quiz to help identify specific personality types.
Categories: Best Practices general PEOPLE/STAFF
Tags: entrepreneur help people style
By: Harrison Kratz, a Special to Overdrive
Drive and Passion, Passion and Drive. Either way you say it, these are two of the main qualities that every entrepreneur; regardless of age, or experience must have. That being said, I think we are looking at the correlation between the two incorrectly. Many have just gone along their journey towards entrepreneurial or even career success thinking drive and passion are the same thing. Heck, a month ago, I wouldn’t have been able to distinguish the two in terms of what makes an entrepreneur tick. That was until I read “The Monk and the Riddle” by Randy Komisar, a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Investor, and Virtual CEO. The book is a great read and I highly suggest reading it if you haven’t already.
Categories: general Inspirational PEOPLE/STAFF
Tags: drive entrepreneur inspiration passion
By: Ewing Marion, of the Kaufmann Foundation, a Special to Overdrive
Although entrepreneurs provide the majority of jobs in the United States, little is known about what makes them tick. The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur fills in some gaps by providing insights into high-growth founders’ motivations, their socio-economic, educational, and familial backgrounds, as well as their views on the factors determining the success of start-ups.
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Tags: anatomy entrepreneur lifestyle
By: Cathy Lynn Grossman, a Special to Overdrive
Entrepreneurs behave just like most Americans when it comes to religion — but with one spiritual twist. They’re significantly more likely to pray several times a day or to meditate, said sociologist Kevin Dougherty, a co-author of the Baylor Religion Survey. The survey can’t answer whether prayerful, peaceful folks are more likely to take a business risk, or whether the stress of a start-up drives folks to their knees or to the lotus position, Dougherty said.
Categories: EO News general Inspirational PEOPLE/STAFF
By: Paula Thorby, a Special to Overdrive
Social entrepreneurship has arrived. And even though some still look at the concept as quaint or the next level up from volunteering, the idea of having a business with a social mission will, in all likelihood, serve as the future foundation for many Gen Y startups to come. So it makes sense to get in at the ground level.
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Tags: entpreneur happy social
By: Jeff Cornwall, a Special to Overdrive
Over the past couple of decades we have seen a steady increase in the number of women becoming entrepreneurs. At Belmont University, for example, 45 percent of students studying entrepreneurship are women. Across the country, women now make up more than 40 percent of all entrepreneurs as well. While the number of women choosing an entrepreneurial career path is approaching that of their male counterparts, the factors that motivate or drive female entrepreneurs are often quite different.
Categories: Best Practices FINANCES general Inspirational PEOPLE/STAFF
Tags: entrepreneur lifetstyle women work
By: WISEgeek, a Special to Overdrive
An entrepreneur is an individual who accepts some sort of risk — usually financial — in the pursuit of new ventures. The word can apply to any person organizing a new project or opportunity, though it is most often used in a business context. A person in this role is often characterized as innovative, independent, optimistic, creative, and hard-working.
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By: Nadia Goodman, a Special to Overdrive
Tomorrow’s business leaders and startup founders will be today’s young kids whose parents have raised them with an entrepreneurial spirit — a skill that is increasingly important as young people flood the startup world and the freelance economy grows.
Categories: general Inspirational PEOPLE/STAFF
Tags: business entrepreneur family
By: Verne Harnish, a Special to Overdrive
Marissa Levin more than doubled her revenues at Information Experts in the past three years, and she’s the first to tell you she couldn’t have done it alone.
Her secret sauce: A great advisory board. About three years ago, the founder and CEO of the 18-year-old strategic communications consultancy turned to a mentor for help in growing Information Experts.
“My company was stuck at $5 million,” she says. “I couldn’t get past certain road blocks.”
Her mentor advised her to put the board of advisors in place. “He said it’s a group of people you hand select that can get over your problem,” she says. “That conversation sparked a light bulb for me.”
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Tags: advisory board best practices entrepreneur human resources