Dharmesh Shah’s blog – onstartups.com has great insights into the entrepreneurial experience. Recently, he posted 12 facts about entrepreneurs: 1. The average and median age of company founders when they started their current companies was 40. 2. 95.1 percent of respondents themselves had earned bachelor’s degrees, and 47 percent had more advanced degrees. 3. Less than [...]
Entries from October 5th, 2009
12 Facts about Entrepreneurs – Surprising?
October 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · consulting, Entrepreneurship
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The very best time to launch a new product or service… now
October 5th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Seth Godin explains that now is the time that the next leading companies will be started. New people asking new questions – better questions – will lead the way.
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Learning to ask Better Questions of your employees – From Harvard Business School
October 4th, 2009 · Comments Off · Entrepreneurship, ideas, new venture, organic growth
Whether starting a new small 2-person company from scratch, or growing a 200-employee firm in a new direction, starting from these types of questions is the right way to empower everyone involved.
My Sister’s Passion – The LaCrosse Children’s Museum
October 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, social media
The Children’s Museum of LaCrosse Wisconsin’s AHA Moment – Charming and touching video of a spectacular Social Entrepreneur – Anne Steuer
Learning to ask Better Questions – Dell Computer’s Approach
October 3rd, 2009 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
I recall a lesson from business school. When confronted with the perils of cash flow shortages and inventory obsolescence, Dell Computers changed the rules by asking better questions. In 1982, before Michael Dell started to ask better questions, the industry worked like this: Dell changed the world by making a few small changes to the [...]
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