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Where and When is Creativity Cultivated?
For those of you who haven’t yet taken up the hobby of listening to podcasts, you might be missing out on a valuable channel of education and entertainment. After a long day of staring at a computer monitor or smart phone screen, it’s refreshing to experience something that doesn’t require visual attention. Unlike radio, it’s completely on-demand and tailored to your interests. And for entrepreneurs, specifically, there is a wealth of information and inspiration.
Categories: Best Practices Entrepreneurial Journey general Inspirational Lessons Learned
Tags: #eolooksforward Alec Baldwin boundaries creativity david maclaren entrepreneurial journey entrepreneurship Guarav Agarwala Here's The Thing Lorne Michaels obstacles octane magazine podcast SNL tim hamilton
What is the Difference Between a Businessperson and an Entrepreneur?
Two GSEA finalists answer the question, “What is the difference between a businessperson an an entrepreneur?” Eileen Phoan, an artist from Malaysia, and Mohammed Fawaz, who empowers students through accessible online learning platforms, highlight the difference between a career and a lifestyle. They culminate September’s theme of innovation within their respective fields. Here’s what they had to say:
Categories: Entrepreneurial Journey general Inspirational international WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
Tags: 31 Days of #WOMENtrepreneurship Eileen Phoan entrepreneurship Global Tutor gsea innovation Left & Right Artisan Handcraft Mohammed Fawaz students
Is Business Success Measured in Degrees?
By Heather Baker, an EO UK-London member, and founder and CEO of TopLine Communications, a digital communications consultancy
An article I read recently got me thinking: How many of the entrepreneurs I know have earned a university degree? Two thirds? Half? A better question is: How many of the graduates among them, if they could go back, would enroll all over again for those years of cloistered (or not so cloistered) study?
If my experience is anything to go by, I think the vote would be split. I did go to university, and looking back it was in parts very useful, in parts not at all. And I know several entrepreneurs who boast great business talent having never seen the inside of a lecture theatre. Which isn’t to say that higher education will not equip you for a career as an entrepreneur; I believe it can. However, I would stop short of calling it a necessary condition of business success.
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Tags: business degrees education entrepreneurial journey entrepreneurs' organization entrepreneurship eo eo uk-london heather baker school topline communications university
8 Ways to Know if You Have a Job or Own a Business
By Mark Tepper, assignment help an EO Cleveland member and president of Strategic Wealth Partners
The ultimate test of your business can be found in a simple question: Would someone want to buy your company? Whether you want to sell next year or in a decade from now, you must be building an asset that someone would buy – otherwise, you have a job, not a business.
Here are eight ways to ensure you are building a company, not just doing a job:
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Tags: entrepreneurs' organization entrepreneurship eo eo cleveland Mark Tepper Strategic Wealth Partners
Five Myths (and One Absolute Truth) about Entrepreneurship
By Carol Roth, special to Overdrive
Thinking of starting the next Twitter, Groupon or Facebook? With these remarkable successes permeating the media, most aspiring entrepreneurs don’t get to hear about the reality of business ownership for 99.99 percent of those who start a new venture. Here are five of the most common myths—along with one absolute truth—about entrepreneurship.
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Tags: carol roth entrepreneurship eo startups
Are You Prepared to Leave the Business You Built?
By Hilary Topper, an EO New York member and President/CEO of HJMT Public Relations, Inc.
More and more small business owners are selling their companies, with sales hitting a four-year high earlier this year in the United States, and Canada predicting its largest small business turnover ever in the next five years.
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Tags: entrepreneurship eo eo new york hilary topper HJMT Public Relations
The Difference Between Self-Esteem and Confidence
By Suhail Algosaibi, an EO Bahrain member and founder/CEO of Falak Enterprises
The two terms are often used interchangeably, but there are actually very different. For one, self-esteem is internal, and confidence is external. Self-esteem is all about how you “esteem” yourself, while confidence is about something specific.
Categories: Coaching Goal Setting Inspirational
Tags: confidence entrepreneurship eo EO Bahrain self-esteem Suhail Algosaibi
Facing Down Doubters and Empowering Others
By Ingrid Vanderveldt, special to Overdrive
I was an entrepreneur from the start, building lemonade stands and winning awards for selling the most chocolate bars, but by the end of the third grade, I was failing out of school. The principal called my parents to say I couldn’t continue where I was. The words “learning disability” weren’t used so often in those days. “Your daughter is retarded,” he said.
Categories: Inspirational
Tags: Dell entrepreneurship eo Ingrid Vandervelt women entrepreneurs
Fail to Do This and Your Business is Dead
By Dipti Parmar, special to Overdrive
Every would-be-entrepreneur should read the tragic story of Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. In any discussion of this tale, Thomas Edison often comes off as the villain and Nikola Tesla as the victim. I’ve no intention of taking a side in this debate. Of far greater consequence, are the lessons to be learned by any budding entrepreneur.
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