Posts Tagged: Starting Your Own Business: The Entrepreneurship Alternative (p182)

Police Chief’s $204,000 Pension Shows How Cities Crashed

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Description:  Stockton, California, Police Chief Tom Morris was supposed to bring stability to law enforcement when he was appointed to the job four years ago. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: July 31, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-01/police-chief-s-204-000-pension-shows-how-cities-crashed.html Questions for Discussions: Explain the crisis facing these cities in terms of financial mismanagement of budgets and cash flow estimations? Is there… Read more »

Know Where The Money is Going Before You Ask For I

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Description:  Squarespace founder Anthony Casalena didn’t necessarily know he wanted to start a business, but he did have a clear concept of what he wanted. “I was trying to make my personal website and I wasn’t satisfied with any of the existing services” said Casalena in interview, “I had a very clear concept of what… Read more »

Immigrants’ Role in the Small Business Economy Grows

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Description: The share of U.S. small businesses owned by immigrants has expanded by 50 percent since 1990, with almost one-fifth of business owners born outside the country, according to a new report (PDF) by the Fiscal Policy Institute. Source: Businessweek.com Date: June 15, 2012 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-14/immigrants-role-in-the-small-business-economy-grows ` Questions for Discussions: What are the highlights of… Read more »

Pfizer Sees Harvard Collaboration As Spark For New Drugs

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Description:  When Hal Dvorak, a Harvard scientist whose ideas helped spur the advance of targeted cancer drugs, sought a partner recently to help him develop new treatments, he only had to walk two blocks to find one. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: June 15, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-15/pfizer-sees-harvard-collaboration-as-spark-for-new-drugs.html Questions for Discussions: Describe the relationships between educational institutions and… Read more »

Entrepreneurs jump on co-working bandwagon

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Description:   In 2008, Chad and Sandra Ballantyne moved their marketing and Web design company, Rhubarb Media, into its first office – a 1,300-square-foot space in downtown Barrie, Ont., which they shared with another small company. Source:  GlobeandMail.com Date: 04/02/2012 Link:  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-marketing/customer-service/entrepreneurs-jump-on-co-working-bandwagon/article2386076/ Questions for discussion: What lessons are there in this report for entrepreneurs? What are… Read more »

Hustle and Hustle Smart in Startups

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Description:   Like many other successful entrepreneurs, Brian Wong worked at a startup before branching out on his own. He worked in business development at Digg, and though he was laid off he says he learned a lot from working there. Source:  Sprouter.com Date: 03/07/2012 Link:  http://sprouter.com/blog/hustle-and-hustle-smart-in-startups/ Questions for discussion: What did you learn about entrepreneurship… Read more »

Entrepreneurship Isn’t About Money, It’s About Changing the World

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Description:   Entrepreneur Matt Mullenweg recently said that his motivation isn’t to make money, it’s to change the world. Source:  Sprouter.com Date: 02/22/2012 Link:  http://sprouter.com/blog/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-automattic-profile/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=22+February+2012+%2F%2F+Hottest+StartUps%2C+Events+%26+Resources&utm_campaign=Sprouter+Weekly%3A+February+22%2C+2013&utm_term=_0D_0AEntrepreneurship+Isn_E2_80_99t+About+Money_2C+It_E2_80_99s+About+Changing+the+World_0D_0A Questions for discussion: Describe the characteristics that make Matt Mullenweg an entrepreneur. Are there any of these unique when compared to the general description of entrepreneurs?

Social media success Rx: “Be a little crazy”

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Description: Clara Shih is an early achiever. At age five, she arrived in the U.S., from Hong Kong, with her parents. With no access to bilingual education, she was initially placed in special classes for kids with speech impediments and advanced so rapidly that she scored a 1420 on her SATs — in eighth grade…. Read more »

MySpace Co-founder Moves From Social Networking to Social Commerce

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Description:  MySpace co-founder Josh Berman knows how to capitalize on online trends. The entrepreneur behind one of the Web 2.0 era’s most successful companies bet on the rise of social networks, and after spending four years at MySpace and selling the company for over $500 million, he’s on to the next trend. Source:  Sprouter.com Date:… Read more »

Roll your own cigarettes in NY store

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Description:  Make your own cigarettes in a store in NY. Too good to be true for some? turns out yes. Cnns richard roth reports Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 12/29/2011 Link:  http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/12/29/n_roll_your_own_cigarettes.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: What are the related ethical issues represented in this report? Who do you side with? Is the city government… Read more »