In
my years as an entrepreneur I've made enough mistakes to fill a book (which I'm working on), but here are five of the larger ones:
After spending 15
years as an entrepreneur focused on product innovation and market transformation, I've pinpointed the four lessons any aspiring innovator should learn.
Well, even after 16
years as an entrepreneur, «no» is a far more common answer than «yes.»
«After eight
years as an entrepreneur, I felt like I wanted a new career, but I also wanted to give back by sharing entrepreneurial skills.
It takes around three
years as an entrepreneur to feel confident you won't starve on the streets, especially if you become a parent during the process.
Check out my insights, tips and lessons I have learned over 13
years as an entrepreneur.
In her twenty - plus
years as an entrepreneur, Kim has had the opportunity to speak in front of thousands of people in the business, nonprofit and academic worlds about how to create a vibrant and rewarding work culture that enhances the company's bottom line as well as her coworker's and customer's lives.
Mike never liked being put in a box so he spent the last 20
years as an entrepreneur, investment banker, author, professor, speaker, angel investor and fundraiser for various charities.
Rob began his career of over 30
years as an entrepreneur and insurance executive with General Reinsurance Corporation.
In addition to her highly successful TV writing and producing career which spans over 25 years (Golden Globe winner, 4 Emmy nominations, Peoples Choice Award), Maxine has spent the last 10
years as an entrepreneur, non-profit founder, and Creative Strategist — helping visual artists, authors, filmmakers, and other creatives think more like successful businesses, and helping successful businesses think more creatively — expanding their brands and bottom lines.
After creating the VoodooPC in 1991 then selling it to Hewlett - Packard, Sood spent 18
years as an entrepreneur.
He successfully expedited his job search and landed a sales management job after
some years as an entrepreneur.
From there she spent 6
years as an entrepreneur before establishing a successful executive coaching practice.
About Blog Todd R. Tresidder founded Financial Mentor to educate business owners and investors about the wealth building principles he learned from
years as an entrepreneur in the investment management industry.
Not exact matches
This is why so many
entrepreneurs treat their start - ups
as moonlighting gigs for months and, in some cases,
years after they launch.
As a fundamental component of the economy,
entrepreneurs should have not only a day, but a month, a
year and even a decade dedicated to them.
I'd been running my own companies
as an
entrepreneur for 15
years, and it all hit me for the first time exactly how much I needed to share, how much I was constantly holding in, and — perhaps most importantly — I had the realization that I wasn't the only one going through this.
The chairman and co-chief executive of a Melbourne - based toy company has become the first Australian to be selected
as global winner of EY's
Entrepreneur of the
Year award.
Harley Finkelstein, Chief Platform Officer of Canada's tech darling Shopify, took on a second job this
year as a judge on CBC's Next Gen Den, the web - only version of the hit show Dragon's Den, featuring younger
entrepreneurs and riskier deals.
Perhaps few
entrepreneurs in the world today revel in the impossible
as much
as Walter De Brouwer, the 55 -
year - old Belgian self - described anarchist with a Ph.D. in semiotics who believes he can disrupt the entire health care industry with a tiny device inspired by Star Trek.
Earlier this
year, his Toronto - based startup was one of 20 selected for C100's 48 Hours in the Valley program, which introduces teams to successful Canadian
entrepreneurs as well
as influential Valley VCs.
When Joseph Kruger II, CEO and chairman of the family's eponymous company, Kruger Inc., was awarded Quebec's Medal of the National Assembly last
year, Quebec Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Pierre Arcand praised Kruger's career
as an «
entrepreneur.»
He has 15 - plus
years experience
as a salesman, sales manager and software
entrepreneur.
In their book Start Your Own Business, the staff of
Entrepreneur Media Inc. guides you through the critical steps to starting your business, then supports you in surviving the first three
years as a business owner.
So Biderman, — the self - described «King of Infidelity» — who just last
year told PROFIT 500 researchers that «there's no such thing
as bad attention for our business» — did something that would be unthinkable to most
entrepreneurs: He fired himself.
He is a seasoned software
entrepreneur, project and product manager with 10 +
years of experience in the IT arena, advisor to several fast - growing ventures, popular blogger and contributing author in tech and business media (Inc., Wired, Pando Daily) Also, Andrew frequently speaks about project management, business and innovation at such events
as E2 Innovate, PMI Global Congresses, Enterprise Connect, IBM Connect and more.
In three
years from now, who will you be
as an
entrepreneur?
As Snapchat users have been piling on complaints over the platform's redesign, the 20 -
year - old makeup
entrepreneur added her own grievance to the mix.
It should come
as no surprise then, that many of this
year's winning firms are run by serial
entrepreneurs with money to burn.
The
Year Ahead: 5 Social Media Trends Every
Entrepreneur Needs to Know
As in any other industry, there are trends among social media.
As the holiday shopping season kicks off — and merchants brace for another lean
year — a small group of online
entrepreneurs is setting up shop around one of retail's only bright spots: The gift card.
Entrepreneurs such
as Daymond John, who many know
as the guy on Shark Tank, worked for
years in seeming obscurity.
After 10
years as a successful
entrepreneur, I've recently become a venture capitalist.
Almost half of new startups fail within five
years, and the reason is clear:
As 42 percent of failed
entrepreneurs said in one survey, there wasn't a market need for their products.
Attend this
year's conference and you'll not only get invaluable networking opportunities with dynamic, inspiring businesswomen — you'll get solutions to some of the biggest issues affecting your business (and yourself
as an
entrepreneur).
Of course, this is not always true
as many innovative
entrepreneurs continue to run their own business successfully for
years.
Entrepreneur: Can you talk about how Dell has changed its approach to women
as consumers in the past five
years?
To survive and thrive
as a leader in business in the coming
year, you can't be anything less than a productivity rock star, a tricky feat
Entrepreneur offered expert tips and advice on practically daily throughout 2014.
Over the past
year, I have had the pleasure of reading three excellent novels that have shaped my thinking
as an
entrepreneur.
The trend toward the cloud has been gaining acceptance for some time,
as startup Box, founded by Inc.'s
Entrepreneur of the
Year Aaron Levie, can attest.
The original Hadoop remained an active toy for Cutting's son for
years, the
entrepreneur was always mindful of the yellow elephant's potential
as a brand name.
Too many
entrepreneurs and experts make the mistake of assuming that just because their product or service is one that's useful throughout the
year or «evergreen», it's automatically interesting
as a story at any time.
This is especially important for female
entrepreneurs,
as women live on average five
years longer than men and can have many more
years in retirement to fund.
As the school
year winds down, aspiring
entrepreneurs may wonder whether they should study entrepreneurship in college or just startup.
I've learned a lot over the
years as a real estate
entrepreneur that applies to any business owner.
However, unbeknownst to me at the time, I learned five powerful lessons over those three days that continue to serve me
as an
entrepreneur all these
years later.
If the 67 -
year - old lost all of his money overnight and had to start from scratch, he knows exactly what he would do: Start all over again
as an
entrepreneur, launching a new business he hasn't tried yet.
You might think
as a young
entrepreneur that you have to work every waking minute for the whole
year.
As 2015 quickly approaches,
entrepreneurs should aim to set intentions for each and every day to fully optimize your time throughout the
year.
BGC (Australia) Pty Limited founder Len Buckeridge has been honoured in this
year's Entrepreneur of the Year awards, as the «Master Entrepreneur» category win
year's
Entrepreneur of the
Year awards, as the «Master Entrepreneur» category win
Year awards,
as the «Master
Entrepreneur» category winner.