Starting and building a company is all about leadership: formulating an idea, building a unique plan based on vision and experience, and forging a path over and through all obstacles. Yet the image of leadership in business is at an all-time low, according to national leadership experts, considering the political debacles, record business bankruptcies, and executive fraud cases.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Entrepreneurship 101: A Guide for New College Grads Looking to Fly Solo - DailyFinance
Entrepreneurship 101: A Guide for New College Grads Looking to Fly Solo - DailyFinance: "Out of a group of 1,000 college students and recent grads, more than a third of them (36%) were side-preneurs -- they started businesses while getting their degrees, and about 1 in 5 (21%) started businesses after college because they couldn't find a job."
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Peter Thiel Gives Whiz Kids $100K To Quit College, Start Businesses | Fast Company
Peter Thiel Gives Whiz Kids $100K To Quit College, Start Businesses | Fast Company: "what happens when 24 people, picked to live among mentors and innovation experts, stop going to school and start getting real--in business."
Would you, dear students, drop out of college to start a business if someone gave you $100,000 to do so? How much does it matter to you to have the mentors and innovation experts at your disposal? What if you could use your college money to start your own business instead of going to classes and use your professors as mentors and advisors? I think it's an interesting proposition. Show us what you think in the quick survey below!
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