Sentences with phrase «what led entrepreneurs»

Find out what led entrepreneurs like Russell Simmons and Reddit's Alexis Ohanian to dream up new ventures.

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No matter what your ambitions are, your role as an entrepreneur is to lead and grow one.

We recently caught up with Bryan Silverman, named Entrepreneur's College Entrepreneur of 2012, about what lessons have led to his company's success and his plans and goals for the coming year.

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He also had a passion for exploring new products with friends and other entrepreneurs, which led him to start an email list sent to a group of friends, which grew to include friends of friends until it evolved into tens of thousands of recipients, all interested in knowing what people were creating.

Leading entrepreneurs, investors and thought leaders explain what impact investing is and why you should care.

We've polled leading entrepreneurs on the art of the first sale, and here's what we learned on how, when, and where to focus efforts.

During our interviews with Billy Gridley, CEO, and Steve Palladino, EVP of sales and business development, we also talked about their backgrounds and what led them to become entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur asked leading futurists and cultural anthropologists what this brave new world will be like, how it will evolve and what you need to know to thrive within it.

Sixty - nine percent said leading a company was what motivated them to be an entrepreneur.

Brad Feld, founder of Incubator Techstars, estimates that women - led companies now make up around 10 percent of TechStars» portfolio, and that companies led by immigrants or minority entrepreneurs make up another 10 percent — but of course they can only work with what teams choose to apply.

He says entrepreneurs should «lead in your own way and believe in what sets you or your business apart.»

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With centeredness so important for truly inspirational leadership, it's no shock that so many executives and entrepreneurs are turning to meditation, a leading way to train yourself to stay centered no matter what whirlwind surrounds you.

A Brainstorm TECH task force of leading educators, technologists, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and investors will present their recommendations for addressing the persistent gap between the digital innovations in K — 12 education and what's actually available to the vast majority of children.

Stealth firm Catalytic may be hesitant to say what it does, but with a founding team led by former Fieldglass CTO Sean Chou and serial entrepreneur Ravi Singh, you can bet it'll be big.

For example, if you're the entrepreneur who loves the chaos of a startup, you may want to sell now and move on to your next project, or negotiate a contract for a three - year operational or consultant role to stay connected with what you built while trusting others to lead the company.

«What's important is not knowing hamburgers, it's knowing how to lead a company,» says Paulo Veras, an Internet entrepreneur who for several years led one of the trio's foundations.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

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Secretary DeVos is right when she says that American state schools appear to have grown accustomed to being in receive mode, waiting for orders from on high as to what they are to do next; while independent schools continue to enjoy their autonomy and capacity for innovation, which was once a rationale for the charter sector as well, but that sector has lost its vitality since philanthropists suborned leading educational entrepreneurs into specializing in test prep, so impatient did they become to see the effects of their spending reflected in national test score reports, an improvement that has not been forthcoming.

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Ask any entrepreneur what they need to make more sales, and no matter their profession, they will most likely say leads!

Entrepreneurs, the original founders, are typically better at creating than leading, and that's what they enjoy doing the most.