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6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School

Startup Professionals Musings

Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost. Initiate networking to find peer partners and investors.

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7 Essential Steps From A Lone Entrepreneur To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

It does mean that you need to look, listen, and participate in the business world around you, and network through all available channels, like business-oriented social networks online (LinkedIn), local business organizations (Chamber of Commerce), and events or conferences in your school or industry. Nominate someone as your mentor.

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6 Practical Keys To Enhancing Your Business Acumen

Startup Professionals Musings

You don’t really understand a new idea, until you try to write it down and succinctly communicate it to peers and critics. Network in the industry as well as outside. Networking requires sharing as well as taking. Even the best have mentors they really use. Talk is cheap when it comes to innovative ideas in business.

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6 Keys To Implementation With New Business Passions

Startup Professionals Musings

Many aspiring entrepreneurs I mentor can talk at length about their innovative ideas and passions, and ask lots of good questions, but never make much progress in building a real business. Writing something down is the first step toward moving forward and making it real. List items to achieve the goal, and network now.

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5 Keys To Satisfaction When Starting A New Business

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m often asked what it takes to get satisfaction from this lifestyle. It’s up to you to constantly look for options inside and outside your own network, and be willing to make the adjustments to capitalize on them. Then write them down. One alternative is to become an entrepreneur.

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Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

TechCrunch LA

” Writers need to submit an idea and a writing sample from today through July 6. We are looking forward to being a part of this new way stories and talent are discovered and mentored.”. .” The first genre that Imagine Impact is looking for pitches in is “large scale action-adventure movies for all audiences.”

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7 Steps To Greater Satisfaction As A New Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

In my role as mentor to many of you aspiring entrepreneurs, I often find you convinced that all you need to start is a unique innovation or idea , and now you are ready to jump in with both feet and enjoy the ride. Use networking, the Internet, and personal contacts to really understand the ‘how’ and ‘why’ behind related success stories.