Business in Action, 8th Ed.
Chapter 6: Entrepreneurship and Small-Business Ownership
According to Bill Reichert, "Most entrepreneurs should just throw out their elevator pitches and start over.
Julie Bawden Davis (photo, left) reports on the trend.
Paco Underhill (photo, left) reports on the topic of "more vs.
"Your boss told you to “think outside the box.
"Our parents warned us about it, but it’s hard to understand until you experience it first hand: as you get older, time seems to fly.
Geoff Colvin reports at Fortune.
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"Having a couple connections and an updated profile isn’t enough to make the most of LinkedIn.
From their "About" section, "Hispanic Executive is more than a magazine, it’s a union of leaders in the fastest-growing market in America.
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Bill Reichert, Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, reports.
"You have to spend money to make money.
"What do Silicon Valley and Stockholm have in common?
"When friends heard that James Higgins, 31, his wife, Trish, 29, and his brother Palmer, 27, left their traditional jobs in finance and sold their charming Greenwich, Conn.
Philip Levinson (photo, left) reports at BusinessInsider.
"Slow and steady wins the race is infrequent advice in Silicon Valley.
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"Start by writing short, declarative sentences.
"In his fourth book, "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures in North America," award-winning author Colin Woodard [photo, left] identifies 11 distinct cultures that have historically divided the US.
"Founders blame investors, investors blame CEOs, CEOs blame research and development (R&D), R&D say the product is fine, the market just doesn't get it, and marketing people blame it all on the recession," writes Triin Linamagi (photo, left) in a piece featured at FastCompany.
From Harland Sanders to Martha Stewart, Bill Murphy, Jr.