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Are You an Entrepreneur?

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Hint: He was an entrepreneur. The same is true of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is so highly valued in the Western World that some people try to convince themselves that they are an entrepreneur, when in fact they would be better off at a Big Dumb Company (“BDC”). Entrepreneur Does Not Equal Inventor.

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Are You Too Old To Start Being An Entrepreneur?

Startup Professionals Musings

I continue to see stories of really young entrepreneurs, like this article on Business Fastlane , with kids as young as 9 years old who have successful businesses. This makes me wonder what sets that entrepreneurial drive in kids, and how early parents and schools should start teaching the basics. Start a summer business.

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Guerilla Marketing Fail – What I Learned From The Austin Police

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Acrobatic ninjas, the Austin Police and several livid tradeshow executives – a perfect recipe for a reality television show, but not a great combination for Seth Epstein’s startup, Social Stay. What’s up with that?” Michael and I continued setting up our booth. Parcours Ninjas Vs. The Austin Police. By: Seth Epstein.

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Sales Kids With Grit – Web 2.0 Paper Routes

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In addition to all of them reaching the pinnacle of their chosen professions, they also all started their careers performing the same job. Surely a savvy, modern-day entrepreneur can utilize online tools to leverage young peoples’ collective energy and fervor. . All of these extremely successful individuals were paperboys*.

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Please go see “Waiting for Superman.” Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

And his stated goal at his young age is to get an education so his kids can grow up in a better neighborhood. All of the kids end up in a lottery system to try and get into public charter schools where their odds were between 5-10% of being accepted based solely on numbers. I grew up in public schools and so did my wife.

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