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The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs... For the first 5 years of my career I was a “bottom up” thinker and worker. I assembled tons of data, grouped things, found results and drew conclusions. It was difficult to make the transition to a “top down” thinker but as a senior executive – and as an entrepreneur – you’re far less effective without this skill in your arsenal.
Home National Content Standards for Entrepreneurship Education Preparing Youth and Adults to Succeed in an Entrepreneurial Economy Accelerating Entrepreneurship Everywhere We hope you will find the Standards and supporting materials beneficial as you design your entrepreneurship education program to serve the needs of your clients and your community. We need your feedback on the use you are making of the National Content Standards. Please click on this link to obtain a survey form , fill it out and email it back to the Consortium at gcoulson@entre-ed.org Top 10 Essential DIY Skills That Aren't as Hard as You Think I think it depends on your definition of "maintenance." I wouldn't hesitate to change my own oil or something like that but I wouldn't dream of replacing a radiator myself. That isn't my idea of "maintenance."
How Fewer Working Hours Can Save Our Health, Economy, and the Planet September 9, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Millions of Americans have lost control over the basic rhythm of their daily lives. The History of Money share Posted 10.26.96 NOVA What is money? By definition, it's something of value. Five Skills You Need for Startup Success, According to Ethernet Inventor Bo... Ethernet inventor and generally accomplished tech super-guy Bob Metcalfe gave a great opening keynote talk at this morning's Capital Factory Demo Day in Austin, Texas. The event has been good so far and is live streaming online for free. Metcalfe offered a wide ranging talk to open the day but included some tasty tidbits in the form of two lists: five personal skills that entrepreneurs need to develop in order to succeed in building tech companies that scale and six types of people a startup ecosystem needs to include in order to foster success. Five Skills Entrepreneurs Need Be healthy.
On2 Money / A History of Money Way Before the Benjamins... Money is a fact of life, it always has been. So as long as there has been an America, there have been many different kinds of currency. 13 Business Books That Will Blow Your Mind Having never taken a business class in college I find that I read and listen to a lot of business books to round out my education. The books usually aren't "How to Manage Your Cash Flow" but rather get me to rethink the way I run my business, which--despite no business classes or diploma--continues to be in business 13 plus years after I started it. In that time, here are 13 of the books that had the biggest impact on how I run my business (in no particular order): Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink: If you supervise anyone in your business, this book is a must read. It shows that what science knows about motivation, business isn't putting into practice. In fact, many of the incentives we create can actually de-motivate our employees.
History of money Many things have been used as medium of exchange in markets including, for example, livestock and sacks of cereal grain (from which the Shekel is derived) – things directly useful in themselves, but also sometimes merely attractive items such as cowry shells or beads were exchanged for more useful commodities. Precious metals, from which early coins were made, fall into this second category. Numismatics is the study of money. Non-monetary exchange[edit] Barter[edit] In Politics Book 1:9[1] (c.350 B.C.) the Greek philosopher Aristotle contemplated on the nature of money. Quick Practical, Tactical Tips for Presentations In the past I’ve given some tips for handling meetings effectively, covering topics like: - How not to let your meeting go down a rat hole; - Dealing with the elephant in the room; - Dealing with skeletons in your closet; - How to make meetings discussions, not “pitches” - A tale of two pitches (I eventually invested in the first company that pitched) Today’s post is a subtle one about positioning yourself in a presentation. This might be a VC meeting but also might just be a sales or biz dev meeting.
Economy of ancient Greece The economy of ancient Greece was characterized by the extreme importance of importing goods, all the more so because of the relative poverty of Greece's soil. Beginning in the 6th century BC, craftsmanship and commerce (principally maritime) developed and became increasingly more important in the classical period. Agriculture[edit] The olive tree, one of the bases of Greek agriculture is shown here at Karystos, Euboea. Greek soil's "stinginess" or "tightness" (Ancient Greek: stenokhôría, στενοχωρία) explains Greek colonialism and the importance of the cleruchies of Asia Minor in controlling the supply of wheat.
How to pick a co-founder &045; Venture Hacks Naval · November 12th, 2009 Update: Also see our 40-minute interview on this topic. Picking a co-founder is your most important decision. It’s more important than your product, market, and investors. The ideal founding team is two individuals, with a history of working together, of similar age and financial standing, with mutual respect. One is good at building products and the other is good at selling them.