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10 Green Business Ideas For Phoenix Entrepreneurs!: I was fortunate enough to present at the inaugural Ignite Phoenix event on August 12th, 2008 where I gave a presentation entitled 10 Green Business Ideas For Phoenix Entrepreneurs!.
Smart Entrepreneurs vs. Wise Entrepreneurs: There is a set of interrelated concepts I’m fond of reminding entrepreneurs about but I’ve never found a really good way to summarize them into a sentence that conveys the right meaning and tone. Here are various renditions.
Risk and Reward: The typical rule is that higher the risk, higher is the reward. It seems like people know this.
Five Tips to Make You a Better Salesperson: Today I am going to share with you five simple tips to make you a better salesperson. Some of these will bring an immediate effect, some will be long lasting but I sincerely believe that proper application of these tips will take you from average Joe to superstar!.
Creating Innovation “pull”: As I work with a number of senior executives, it’s clear that they want their organizations to become more innovative
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Flying start on line: flying start global entrepreneurs
Flying Start Global is a joint programme run by the NCGE and the Kauffman Foundation (US), for the UK’s best graduate entrepreneurs in science, technology, engineering and maths. Graduates spend six months in the UK and six months in the US.
“I’ll get invaluable training”; Franziska Conrad, 29 is on the most recent cohort of Flying Start Global Entrepreneurs. She hopes to set up a business in sustainable product design after the programme has finished.
‘It was fantastic to see how a large company operates’; Chris Mitchell, 28, was on the first cohort of Flying Start Global Entrepreneurs. He has since set up his company, Audio Analytic.
‘I want to learn how to communicate to customers’; Jonathan Lloyd, 22, is on the most recent cohort of Flying Start Global Entrepreneurs. He runs his own business, Falling Pixel.
Although Lloyd was selected for the programme this summer, he’s been running his business with fellow Portsmouth University graduate Nathan Hornby for two years. “We got a grant from the university,” he says. He’s particularly excited about the six months he’ll be spending in America.
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ecorner: Stanford’s Online Resource For Entrepreneurs
I’m always on the lookout for new resources for entrepreneurs. This morning I stumbled upon Stanford University’s eCorner (short for Entrepreneurship Corner).
The site offers dozens of videos and podcasts featuring interviews and guest lectures by great entrepreneurial minds, including Eric Schmidt and Larry Page of Google, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Carl Schramm of the Kauffman Foundation. Topics range on everything from entrepreneurship’s impact on the economy to how to manage risk, hiring good people, and choosing investors carefully. (To the right is a video from 2003 with serial entrepreneur Jerry Kaplan on mistakes entrepreneurs make.)
You feel like you get the benefit of attending Stanford Business School without paying tuition. You can also sign up for an email newsletter for updates on new additions to the site.
I especially enjoyed watching a lecture by Harvard Business School’s William Sahlman on characteristics of entrepreneurs, which you can watch here.
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Turn your ideas into a profitable business with IDEA
Breakthrough ideas with the potential to be profitable business ventures are being sought for the upcoming IDEA Competition.
IDEA, which stands for Ingenuity Drives Entrepreneur Acceleration, is a lot more than a competition. IDEA is about assisting the most promising local entrepreneurs in the commercialization of innovative products, processes and deliveries by connecting them to the best resources available, along with access to the capital it takes to launch a successful venture.
Registration will be available on Sept. 15 on the IDEA website ideacompetition.org. Only online applications will be accepted.
Registration begins with creating an account though the Registration tab. It is finalized when the $100 application fee is submitted online. Once registration is complete, access is allowed to information for members only on the website, where there are important links and resource information is available to help with projects.
Participants will have:
- Access to valuable tools and resources.
- The opportunity to refine your investor pitch.
- Attention in the media.
- A chance to pitch ideas to qualified potential investors and leaders in the business community
- The chance to receive substantial funding for the venture, including individual funding awards of up to $10,000 each, for up to five winners.
