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The TikTok Test

No Pain No Problem — Products Providing Passion & Pleasure What’s your problem? “What’s the big problem you are solving?” It’s probably the most predictable question thrown at entrepreneurs during an investor pitch — repeated so often that it becomes comical and trite. Inevitably, some armchair entrepreneurship expert — posing as an investor, or a mentor

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Salieri Syndrome — The Entrepreneur’s Hidden Nemesis

Doubters, naysayers, unscrupulous investors, and competitors — entrepreneurs are used to battling all kinds of demons. But it’s the obstacles and enemies closest to you that blindside and derail your entrepreneurial success. They come in the form of a friendly co-worker or someone in a position of influence. While appearing to help

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5 1/2 Questions

5 1/2 Questions for Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers — A unique and unusual Entrepreneur, Writer, Philosopher and Creator — very insightful, self aware and profound,
He knows how to express his thoughts and views in a clear and compelling manner. He known for his surprising quotable insights and pithy succinct writing style. Formerly a musician, programmer, TED speaker, and circus

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Real Character is Revealed in how you Treat Others

Real Character is Revealed in how you Treat Others One of the best things about being an entrepreneur is that you are own boss and master of your own fate. Maybe in theory, but the entrepreneur’s fate, mood, and success are in the hands of non-entrepreneurs — people they encounter day-to-day: potential partners,

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Parrots & Eagles: An Ecosystem Parable

Winston Churchill was the lone voice of wisdom among a sea of amateurs and high profile neophytes. In the political ecosystem leading up to World War II, this herd of inexperienced dilettantes was the epitome of all-talk-and-no-action. They were the very definitions of ignorance, indecision, and inaction — verbose spectators without any

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5 1/2 Questions for Craig Newmark

Craig Newmark — Founder of Craigslist, Philanthropist

Craig Newmark is the founder of Craigslist, the web-based platform that has fundamentally changed classified advertising. Since its founding in 1995, craigslist has become one of the world’s 10 most-visited English language web platforms. Today there are craigslist websites virtually everywhere and serving every continent on

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Accelerators

Virtual Accelerators — What you Need to Know

Virtual Accelerators are one of the most prominent startup trends of the past 5 years — booming in the post-pandemic Zoom era. Hundreds (even thousands) of organizations around the world are now offering a variety of startup-acceleration programs. If you’re an entrepreneur or thinking about launching a startup, you might be tempted

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5 1/2 Questions for Heidi Jannenga

Heidi Jannenga is the co-founder of Phoenix-based WebPT, the leading software provider for electronic medical records and practice management for rehabilitation therapists.
Dr. Jannenga served as chief operating officer until 2015, and then as the firm’s president until 2019, when it was acquired by Warburg Pincus. Dr. Jannenga also serves

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5 1/2 Questions for Michael Crow

Michael Crow
President, Arizona State University

Dr. Michael M. Crow is an educator, knowledge enterprise architect, science and technology policy scholar and higher education leader. He became the sixteenth president of Arizona State University in July 2002 and has spearheaded ASU’s rapid and groundbreaking transformative evolution into one of the world’s

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LeaderSpeak – Badass or Just Bad?

Oh those powerful, commanding leaders. You know the type: Baritone-voiced, stone-faced scowling – often Don Draper look-a-likes who just strolled in from Central Casting. Good looks, good hair and height. They have an aloof, authoritative and self assured demeanor giving off the illusion that they possess some innate power and

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