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Archive for the “Entrepreneurship” Category
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What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know!
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 29 Mar, 2010
Melanie Jordan, an employee turned entrepreneur and author of six books, is our next guest under “Our Heroes” series, to share her journey from employee to entrepreneur and the lessons she learned along the way… I had a great time talking to her and here is how the interview went:...
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Quit job, played semi-pro soccer, wrote a novel – Maria Murnane
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 26 Mar, 2010
Today we are going to talk to a (former) Tech PR Executive in silicon valley who broke the 9to5 jail and by that I mean she quit a six-figure job that she hated. She ended up living in Argentina for a year playing semi-pro soccer and writing a novel, and she just launched a line of products based on her novel. Ladies and gentlemen, today I’m talking to Maria Murnane...
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IDEA + Opportunity + Situation = Entrepreneurial Activation
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 24 Mar, 2010
So next in the “Our Heroes – those who broke the 9to5 jail” series is Jeffrey Weber, entrepreneur, author and business consultant who has dissected the words “Idea” and “Entrepreneurship” to find out what they really stand for and how they play out in an aspiring entrepreneur’s life. So, without further ado, here is what Jeff & I talked about…...
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From the trunk of a car to $3,500,000… – Jim Garland
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 20 Mar, 2010
Happy Saturday People!! Today, we are going to talk to Jim Garland, who is an entrepreneur, business owner, author, professional speaker and business consultant. He started his first company Sharp Details, Inc. literally from the trunk of his car as a boat cleaning service in 1991. Today Sharp Details, Inc provides corporate aircraft cleaning and support services to fortune 100 and 500 companies, has 60 employees and produces $3,500,000 in annual revenue. But guess what? Jim also was an employee once, just like you so lets talk to him and find out how he broke out of the 9-5 jail?...
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Wharton Grad – Baker or Governor or Both?
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 17 Mar, 2010
Brian Murphy, the boy next door, went to University of Maryland, worked for CEG for over 10 years, went to Wharton for MBA and then opened a bakery business… Sounds strange? So, today I’m talking to him about his journey from Baker to Governor…...
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