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How Entrepreneurial is Orange County?
Entrepreneurship in certainly well represented in Orange County. Irvine is especially famous for being a hot-spot of entrepreneurial activities, especially in the biotech and software industries. However, where does Orange County stand on the entrepreneurship dimension compared to other regions of the country known for their entrepreneurial activities? This question is important since it can…
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Why B-Schools Set Up Entrepreneurs To Fail
Check out this Forbes article that begs the question: Why do B-Schools Set Up Entrepreneurs To Fail? Or, do they really? Read this article. Then we can argue a bit. The article’s author is putting all business schools in the same pot, which kind of gets me all stewed up —- pun intended. Harvard B-School…
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The C's of Entrerpreneurship
Author Mitch Joel wrote in his book, “Six Pixels of Separation”, about the 5 C’s of Entrepreneurship 2.0. He describes them as follows: 1. Connecting- Reach out now to people that matter. 2. Creating- Create content with text, images, audio, and video to grow the business 3. Conversations- It is an online world and everybody…
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Every Nine Seconds a Kid Drops Out of School
In America, a kid drops out of high school every 9 seconds…Imagine if they didn’t. This is the compelling question behind award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio’s newest project “Ten9Eight”, a thought provoking film which tells the inspirational stories of several inner city teens (of differing race, religion, and ethnicity) from Harlem to Compton and all points…
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Communicating with New Consulting Clients
Communications is about emotion. Successful people communicate well and have the ability to influence opinion or dissuade belief. After you’ve met someone and time passes, that person will not remember the specifics of your conversation nor will they remember what you looked like at the time….but they will remember HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL. Always…
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Small California Firms Say Healthcare Costs Killing Entrepreneurship
OC Register Blogger Jan Norman says that Two-thirds of California small business owners say more people would become entrepreneurs if they knew they could get health insurance despite pre-existing health conditions, reports Small Business Majority, a national advocacy group focused on healthcare reform. http://jan.freedomblogging.com/2009/09/03/small-firms-without-health-insurance-say-they-cant-afford-it/21143/ John Bradley Jackson © Copyright 2009 All rights reserved.