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  • 10 Do’s & Don’ts for Aspiring Entrepreneurs!

    Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Pre-Startup, Startup on 13 Aug, 2010

    A little over a year ago I had put this list of Do’s and Don’ts together, which appeared at Under30CEO’s blog originally. Today, I want to revisit those lessons myself as well as share with you because sometimes all we need is a little reminder. Here’s to your success!...

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  • Ten Tips For Startups – Guy Kawasaki

    Posted Under: Pre-Startup, Startup on 21 Jul, 2010

    Today’s post is inspired by Guy Kawasaki’s presentation at Tiecon 2006. Guy does not need an introduction but for those who have been living under the rock, I mean have been busy building their business in your garage with no Twitter access… read his full bio here. This is an excellent presentation full of tips, insights, and lots of humor. I highly recommend every entrepreneur and aspiring entrepreneur to watch it however, if you don’t want to spend 40 minutes watching a video, here’s a text/tweetable break down of what I learned:...

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  • Letter L In The Word Entrepreneurship

    Posted Under: Entrepreneurship, Startup on 19 Jul, 2010

    I recently wrote an article 4 Ls of Entrepreneurship for EvanCarmichael.com and this post is basically inspired by the same article…  Love-Listen-Learn-Leverage-Lie-Luck are the Ls of entrepreneurship and here I share the details in less than 140 characters for each one of the Ls. Please tweet the ones you like with the tweet button next to it. ...

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  • Next BIG Thing – MoneyU

    Posted Under: Next BIG Thing, Startup on 13 Jul, 2010

    Today, we speak to Kathy Griffin for our “Next BIG Thing” series, for her award winning startup MoneyU.  Given Kathy’s skill-set and background she was able early on to spot the financial burden young adults are plagued with.  Kathy advocates that it’s in our national interest to help students become financially capable citizens. Today’s young adults are the next middle class, though sadly they are the fastest-growing segment of bankruptcies.  Through her online, game-based course, Money U, young adults acquire essential financial knowledge and skills to become financially self-sufficient....

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  • Next BIG Thing – Educate!

    Posted Under: Next BIG Thing, Startup on 9 Jul, 2010

    Today under the “Next BIG Thing” series we are proudly featuring Educate!, a company started in 2002 that helps build comminutes in Uganda. Educate! is a recent winner of the CHAMPIONS OF QUALITY EDUCATION IN AFRICA competition, a collaboration between Ashoka’s Changemakers and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. They were also recognized by ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE as one of 100 Brilliant Companies in 2009. ...

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