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‘We Need More Businesses That Think Beyond Their Bottom Line’

“Capitalism has transformed the modern world, but it has also evolved greatly over the last hundred years,” said Cotopaxi CEO Davis Smith. “I’m a believer that capitalism and businesses...

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Serial Entrepreneurs Venture And Venture Again

There are entrepreneurs, and then there are serial entrepreneurs. The process of coming up with a business idea and successfully implementing it involves risk. It’s difficult to accurately gauge...

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4 Questions That Will Define a Lasting Corporate Culture

In middle school, I always loved presentations that started, “Webster’s Dictionary defines X as blah, blah, blah.” It felt like we heard five of those a day. I’m well...

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The Roles of the Entrepreneur

Successful entrepreneurs are usually modeled as combinations of innovators (with creative and innovative flair) and managers (with strong general management skills, business know-how, and sufficient contacts). Over the years,...

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Ben Dunlap: The life-long learner

Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning. Click here to watch his...

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David Gallo: Underwater astonishments

David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square’s worth of neon light displays from fish who...

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The 8 Most Important Basics of an Elevator Pitch

The “up” button glows orange as you wait. You can hear its motors moving as you watch the lights descend from floor 10, then 9, then 8… then a...

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Panav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a...

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50 Reasons to Start Your Own Business

Some people are destined to be entrepreneurs. From the time they get through school, or maybe even before that, they’re hungry to start a business and lead it to...

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The 4 Embers of the Entrepreneurial Fire

The difference between a Silicon Valley icon and the employee next door isn’t funding — most of the time it isn’t even the idea — it’s the entrepreneurial fire...

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Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do

Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that motivate everyone’s actions — and high-fives Al Gore in the front row. Click here to see his presentation.

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3 Steps to Eliminating the Barriers to Becoming Self-Sufficient

While 75 percent of people are interested in becoming self-sufficient, only 5 percent are ready, willing and able to act on their dream. Of all the obstacles facing individuals, fear...

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Fakepreneurs, a Modern Epidemic

With entrepreneurship being the sexiest profession going these days, a lot of people are wanting to get into the club. Saying you’re an entrepreneur has as much social cachet...

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17 Simple Questions Successful Entrepreneurs Ask Before Starting Anything New

“As someone who’s looked at starting more than 30 companies and has actually started around 12, I’ve had my fair share of dumb ideas, bad starts, and misaligned expectations....

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8 Habits of Highly Productive People

You know those people who always seem to accomplish more, in less time, than the rest of us? Experts say they follow simple strategies that we can all adopt....

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The One Factor That Predicts an Entrepreneur’s Success

SHARON HADARY: The only statistically significant predictor of whether a business owner will be successful in obtaining expansion capital is not the size of the business, the time in...

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The CEO Of The Future Is A “Designer-In-Chief”

A Trends Report from Wolff Olins says CEOs are starting to harness the good ideas of other rather than cracking a whip. Click here to read more.

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5 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching Their Ideas to Investors

Entrepreneurs tend to work quite hard to nail down meetings with investors. It usually takes a combination of good targeting, persistence and finding a way in. Click here to...

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