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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Jen Portland
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 27 Jul, 2010
Today under the “Our Heroes” series we hear from Jen Portland, a systems engineer turned successful entrepreneur. Jen often found herself doing Excel work for her co-workers while working in reinsurance. After receiving fame for her spreadsheet talent, she choose the route of an entrepreneur and started ExcelRainMan. Today, her company provides Excel based solutions for anything ranging from monthly reports to vacation schedule templates. Let’s hear more about what Jen has to say…...
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The Introvert Entrepreneur – Beth Buelow
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Interview, Slide Show on 26 Jul, 2010
Are you an introvert? Are you an introvert entrepreneur? Do you think your introversion is coming in your way to your success as an entrepreneur? A few weeks ago, I connected with Beth Buelow, who specializes in Life & Leadership Coaching for Introverts. After talking to her I realized that being an introvert, an extrovert or someone in between has nothing to do with your entrepreneurial success and it is all a matter to understanding, owning & leveraging our own unique gifts....
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Smells Like A Great Idea! Fortune 500er To Perfumer
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 22 Jul, 2010
Angela Rogers is our latest guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Angela began making perfume oils purely as a hobby but once she grasped how impressed people were with her product she decided to pursue her passion on a larger scale and it wasn’t long before Poison Apple Apothecary was born. Let’s find out more about how Angela turned her favourite pastime into a lucrative company…...
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Ten Tips For Startups – Guy Kawasaki
Posted Under: Pre-Startup, Startup on 21 Jul, 2010
Today’s post is inspired by Guy Kawasaki’s presentation at Tiecon 2006. Guy does not need an introduction but for those who have been living under the rock, I mean have been busy building their business in your garage with no Twitter access… read his full bio here. This is an excellent presentation full of tips, insights, and lots of humor. I highly recommend every entrepreneur and aspiring entrepreneur to watch it however, if you don’t want to spend 40 minutes watching a video, here’s a text/tweetable break down of what I learned:...
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Lawyer For Entrepreneurs – Stephen Furnari
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 20 Jul, 2010
Today’s guest under the “Our Heroes” series is Stephen Furnari, an accomplished corporate transactional lawyer turned self-employed lawyer. Following the dot-com bubble burst and the resulting downsizing in the corporate legal market, Stephen was laid off twice within six months. This pushed Stephen to materialize his dream of opening his own firm where he had full control over his financial security and professional development. Let’s hear more about how Stephen transitioned into entrepreneurship…...
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