An otherwise intelligent, ambitious and
driven entrepreneur with a seemingly infinite number of great ideas allows his or her vision to become clouded by listening to everyone else's opinion.
Not exact matches
But we've only got 24 hours each day, and
entrepreneurs — and anyone who is
driven and success - minded — aren't exactly reeling
with free time.
While a small business owner tends to get stuck in a particular market,
with a particular revenue stream and low growth rate, an
entrepreneur is continually seeking change opportunities to break out of flatlined growth and find new markets, customers and employees to
drive growth.
For example, Google announced that it will hold its own Women's Demo Day, which will feature women - led startups from around the country pitching to a group of judges at the Googleplex,
with the goal of
driving investment and providing Google mentorship and introductions to each
entrepreneur.
At a Thanksgiving dinner party in 2012, four Harvard Business School MBA students had a plan: Rather than spend their upcoming summer interning at big corporations or traveling the world, they were going to
drive around the United States consulting
entrepreneurs with a social purpose on key business issues.
And appropriate tools, Jorg said, can help
entrepreneurs «to find the right content that helps them
drive engagement
with a Web site, social media or their newsletters resulting in additional business.»
Maybe ignoring the competition was fine advice a decade ago, but
with technology
driving change at a pace never seen before in human history,
entrepreneurs can't afford not to follow their competitors, at least to some extent.
He is, on behalf of the Entertainment Right Now, the host of some of the most popular weekend talk shows in radio today: The
Drive with Alan Taylor and
Entrepreneur Radio.
(Kyle also
drives in select races in the Xfinity Series and owns a sprint car team
with Justin Marks, an
entrepreneur driver I profiled here.)
Who: Designed for technology -
driven companies in Michigan, the program is open to
entrepreneurs with a solid business plan who are committed full time to their business idea.
It seems silly to even have to say this, but there is nothing wrong
with an
entrepreneur driving his people to create a better product that customers want, making profit along the way.
Housing and utilities are the main factors
driving the over-the-top cost of living in Los Angeles, so
entrepreneurs willing to share space
with roommates might be able to keep this expense to a minimum.
For example, Ameren Accelerator prioritizes money and resources toward impact -
driven startups in the energy technology realm rather than
entrepreneurs with a strictly business focus.
For someone who speaks
with college students a lot and also speaks to young
entrepreneurs, it just further
drove home that right now is a great time to think of ideas.
We believe that the best
entrepreneurs are mission -
driven which
drives them
with the passion required to obsess about solving a big problem, no matter how hard things get.
Over the course of a two - decade - long career advising and strategizing
with entrepreneurs, I have noticed a trend, particularly amongst those
driven by creativity and passion.
«We will announce new actions that will help clear the path for the kinds of next generation technologies that can
drive game - changing economic growth, along
with new efforts to support American
entrepreneurs and expand the benefits of entrepreneurship to all parts of our country,» Zients wrote.
IF YOU thought the Internet was an area where
entrepreneurs with drive and vision could forever change the fundamental rules of an industry, you're too late, those days are gone already.
Maisha Walker is an award - winning 13 year Internet industry veteran and the President of message medium, a New York firm that works exclusively
with entrepreneurs and growing businesses to maximize their digital footprint and
drive revenue and sales through Internet marketing.
It's an age - old question: Are
entrepreneurs a special breed, born into this world
with a
drive and need to succeed that most of humanity lacks, or can they can be created through education, experience and mentorship?
Structure, coupled
with the
entrepreneur's innate
drive, leads to focus and eventually the magic wand of peak performance.
«Glen is an innovator and
entrepreneur whose vision and
drive make him a successful leader, and someone we are honoured to recognize
with the MAX Award,» says Jim Dewald, dean of the Haskayne School of Business.
«Chapo always talks about the drug business, wherever he is,» one erstwhile confidant told a jury several years ago, describing a
driven, even obsessive
entrepreneur with a proclivity for micromanagement.
As a result, the investing environment becomes inflated and
drives valuations so high,
with so much cheap capital, that even the most seasoned
entrepreneurs tend to spend money as if it were in endless supply.
With dozens of mentorship -
driven accelerator programs and thousands of startup programs worldwide, Techstars exists to support the world's most promising
entrepreneurs throughout their lifelong journeys from inspiration to initial public offering.
About C100: C100 Association is a nonprofit member -
driven organization that bridges Canadian
entrepreneurs and innovative companies
with Silicon Valley's most influential Canadians
with the explicit mission to help them win on the global stage.
We partner
with mission -
driven entrepreneurs who understand and believe that by building great businesses, they can truly impact individual lives.
We partner, invest and build companies
with driven entrepreneurs who are committed to innovating and developing technology to improve and change industries.
▪ Show me the money: The majority of Miami
entrepreneurs said they provide wage increases and promotions,
with most raises given on an unscheduled basis (52 percent)
driven by either employee performance or positive business growth.
This year WBENC recognizes 32 corporations for developing and
driving best practices across their organizations that result in productive business partnerships
with women
entrepreneurs and valuable products and services for their customers.
The 2018 Edison Awards is designed for industry leaders, innovators and
entrepreneurs who are responsible for information, technology, strategy, and marketing, who are charged
with driving innovation and new product development — across various industries.
This year WBENC recognizes 29 corporations for developing and
driving innovative best practices across their organizations that result in productive business partnerships
with women
entrepreneurs and valuable products and services for their customers.
She quickly observed that many of the incarcerated men she met shared key qualities
with the visionary
entrepreneurs she worked
with every day — a relentless
drive to turn a profit, the willingness to take calculated risks, charisma that turns a no into a yes.
About Draper Associates Draper Associates, founded in 1985, is a premier early - stage venture capital firm that encourages
entrepreneurs to
drive their businesses to greatness, to transform industries
with new technologies, and to build platforms for extraordinary growth, jobs, and wealth creation.
«Budding
entrepreneur: self -
driven attitude; innate engineering sense
with business interest, eg realization: earn from your money, passive income, not direct correlation
with your time.»
With dozens of mentorship -
driven accelerator programs and thousands of startup programs worldwide, Techstars exists to support the world's most promising
entrepreneurs throughout their lifelong journey, from inspiration to IPO.
Their advice for other
entrepreneurs is to find and define your «why» — the
drive behind your vision — then surround yourself
with people who have bought in to that «why.»
Toronto, May 21, 2009 — Toronto's MaRS Discovery District has combined the creative genius of science and technology
with the
drive of
entrepreneurs and capital to create a marriage that will see more Canadian ideas commercialized in this country and for those efforts it has won the Canadian Urban Institute's 2009 Creative City Award to be granted to MaRS on June 5 at the Urban Leadership Awards in Toronto.
Connecting Kansas City's corporate giants
with its
entrepreneurs is imperative to
driving Kansas City toward being America's most entrepreneurial city.
Miller Thomson LLP, one of Canada's most prominent law firms, has announced a multi-faceted partnership
with MaRS Discovery District, Canada's leading mission -
driven innovation centre, focused on supporting emerging high - tech
entrepreneurs and social innovators.
«
With remarkable growth in the global cleantech market, we need to capitalize on this momentum and provide our most promising cleantech entrepreneurs with the critical early - stage funding they need to become tomorrow's market leaders, driving economic growth here at home.&ra
With remarkable growth in the global cleantech market, we need to capitalize on this momentum and provide our most promising cleantech
entrepreneurs with the critical early - stage funding they need to become tomorrow's market leaders, driving economic growth here at home.&ra
with the critical early - stage funding they need to become tomorrow's market leaders,
driving economic growth here at home.»
We are committed to community service and volunteering —
with the same passion and
drive we have for helping
entrepreneurs.
Along
with his deep technical expertise (I think Oren is our third Mechanical Engineer (BS and MS from UC Berkeley) at August), Oren brings the sort of creativity and
drive that distinguishes a great
entrepreneur from a good one.
We are
driven by the purpose to solve global problems
with local focus, and we are always looking to collaborate
with people who are passionate about empowering
entrepreneurs.
Many
entrepreneurs will find it difficult to hand over control — especially if they don't see the same kind of
driving passion in their successors, or if they are simply too busy
with the day - to - day running of the business to pass on their skills and knowledge.
holds that the market is incompatible
with ethics because voluntary «moral» actions contradict market rules and
drive the moralizing
entrepreneur out of the game....
Big brewers such as Lion and Asahi are no longer part of the Craft Beer Industry Association,
with the army of small micro-brewers that has sprung up deciding to exclude them because their vast balance sheets were deemed to give them an unfair advantage, which didn't sit well
with the small business
entrepreneurs driving most craft beer companies.
Margot Machol Bisnow, author of Raising an
Entrepreneur: 10 Rules for Nurturing Risk Takers, Problem Solvers and Change Makers, shares advice for parents on raising kids
with entrepreneurial
drive.
It appears to go hand in hand
with centralisation of power in non-democratic institutions, and may be
driven by the norm
entrepreneurs of globalization, which after all is not an impersonal force like the law of gravity, but is rooted in purposeful, self - interested agency.
Lord Ashcroft is seeking new investment opportunities
with entrepreneurs who have good strategic plans and plenty of
drive and enthusiasm.