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Entrepreneurs: Are You an Olympic Athlete or a Spectator?

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This event honors Small Business Champions– individuals or organizations dedicated to supporting small businesses. Often entrepreneurs are running their playbook for the first time. Entrepreneurs who can figure out how to solve a problem, even when they don’t have the muscle memory, will succeed. Confidence. Share and Enjoy.

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Entrepreneurs Should Forget ROI And Focus On Return On Life – The New Measure Of Wealth

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According to Tige Young, Founder and CEO of Tui Tai Expeditions , entrepreneurs should de-emphasize ROI and focus on a more accurate measure of wealth, Return On Life. We both lived in the city (San Francisco), she was in event marketing and I was a software engineer. Being an entrepreneur) can be a really good thing for ROL.

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Entrepreneurs Now Start Hyperlocal Then Go Global

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the main focus of EveryBlock, where they give each city block its own Web page, its own RSS feed and its own e-mail alerts. They are free to write about neighborhood events, charities, schools, and local causes. Give people a way to follow news around a particular block. Geographic customization.

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Inventor Or Innovator – Which Are You?

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Some first-time entrepreneurs mistakenly believe that they are not entrepreneurs because they have never invented anything nor have they come up with a novel idea upon which a company could be built. However, I am no less of an entrepreneur. Only a small percentage of innovators are also inventors. What Did Philo Invent?

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

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Although the exact sequence of events is a bit unclear, it appears that Hacker News user "lukethomas"(who is unaffiliated with Divshot) was prompted to create the Hacker News post after reading a tweet about the initiation of the company's private beta. According to Michael, the Hacker News exposure was completely unplanned. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Lessons From Olympic Innovators

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Successful Olympic athletes share a number of common qualities with entrepreneurs; including boundless energy, uncompromising tenacity and a willingness to innovate. Even as you read this, there are innovative athletes and entrepreneurs who are devising competitive advantages that will change the rules of the game. Share and Enjoy.

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6 Hiring Lessons from Vince Lombardi

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How can today’s entrepreneurs leverage the teachings of Vince Lombardi to identify talent that will drive the company to success? The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel – these are the things that endure and these are the qualities that are so much more important than any of the events that occasion them.” . Will to Win.

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