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Archive for the “Entrepreneurship” Category
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – David Fraiberg
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 23 Feb, 2011
Today we are talking to David Fraiberg, our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. David originally started his career as a management consultant and had also started two successful companies, Parkway 360 and Guanxi & Co. David took a bold leap in entrepreneurship when his father was diagnosed with cancer. With nobody by his dad’s side, David became his father’s voice. Shortly after, family and friends were asking for help too, and Concerto HealthPartners was born. Let us hear what David has to say…...
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Lawyer Turned Entrepreneur – Jordan Harbinger
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 19 Feb, 2011
Today we are talking to Jordan Harbinger our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Jordan, a former corporate finance attorney, now the co-founder of The Art of Charm, a company that teaches men advanced social skills along with the psychological and scientific factors of dating. Harbinger’s idea originally gained popularity as a podcast talk show, the rest is history. Let’s sit down with Jordan and talk about his success story…...
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New Year Resolutions – Demystified!
Posted Under: Announcement, Entrepreneurship, Planning on 27 Dec, 2010
2010 is almost over and with less than a week left to 2011, it’s time to write our new year resolutions. New Year resolutions, the best definition would be it’s the big promises that we make to ourselves and break them within the first few weeks or a few months at the most… These resolutions come in many shapes and sizes (usually XXXXL), from loosing weight to writing a book, to getting rid of an addiction… Yet, we fail or let’s say we give up on our resolutions after a very short period of time, and instead of being ashamed about it or doing something about it, we start finding problems & excuses to justify our actions instead… Here’s what happens, why it happens, and how to avoid it (how to have effective New Year resolutions and accomplish...
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Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Linda Pelekoudas
Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 19 Dec, 2010
Today we are talking to Linda Pelekoudas, next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Linda started her career as an organic chemist, far from the world of business and entrepreneurship. She decided to break the 9 to 5 jail while working at IBM, where, in 2009, her job along with 4999 others was outsourced to a developing country. Linda’s company, Strategy and Design Solutions, helps other companies by finding un-tapped ways to grow. Linda’s goal is to help create jobs for the economy, let’s dig deeper into her success story…...
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Never Get A “Real” Job – Scott Gerber
Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Interview, Slide Show on 8 Dec, 2010
Scott Gerber is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, media personality, public speaker and the most-syndicated young entrepreneurship columnist in the world. He is the founder and CEO of Gerber Enterprises, an entrepreneurial incubator and venture management company that invests capital, management expertise, and marketing services into innovative early and mid-stage companies. Scott is also the Founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, an advocacy group made up of many of the world’s top young entrepreneurs that works to help young people overcome the devastating effects of youth unemployment and underemployment by teaching them how to build businesses, and the author of the book, Never Get a “Real” Job....
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