My Empire of One | WTO Publications 7 Lessons Every Young Entrepreneur Can Learn From 'SharkTank' Skip Advertisement This ad will close in 15 seconds... Young Entrepreneurs Today's Most Read 9 Proven Ways to Get People to Take You Seriously 4 Intangibles That Drive CEOs What It Takes to Go From Dead Broke to 6 Figures in 6 Months The Mentality of a Successful Career 4 Big Challenges That Startups Face These Siblings Are Cooking Up America's First Meatless Butcher Shop Kim Lachance Shandrow 3 min read News and Articles About Young Entrepreneurs Failure 6 Stories of Super Successes Who Overcame Failure They're perfect examples of why failure should never stop you from following your vision. Jayson DeMers Podcasts Top 25 Business Podcasts for Entrepreneurs Podcasts are as easy to use as old-school radio but as specialized as blogs. Murray Newlands Entrepreneurship Programs Saxbys and Drexel Team Up to Promote Entrepreneurship Saxby's founder Nick Bayer talks about the one-of-a-kind program and why he wishes there was one for himself years ago. Carly Okyle Presented by Young Entrepreneurs Laura Entis Fear
Announcements :: Academy of International Business (AIB) 2/27/2014 - AIB Announces 2014 Board Election Results The Executive Board Election results are in! The current AIB Executive Board and the AIB Secretariat congratulates the following officers who will serve on the AIB Executive Board from August 1, 2014 to July 31, 2017 in various capacities: President-Elect: Rosalie Tung Vice President Program-Elect: Charles Dhanaraj Vice President Administration: Sumit Kundu Please visit the 2014-2015 Executive Board page to see the bios of these new board members as well as those members that will continue to serve on the AIB Executive Board for the next year. 1/10/2014 - 2013 Q4 Newsletter and Insights Now Online Volume 19 (2013), Issue 4 of the AIB Newsletter and Volume 13 (2013), Issue 4 of the AIB Insights are now online. 11/5/2013 - AIB members now receive a 40% discount on Palgrave Macmillan books Did you know that AIB members now receive a special 40% discount on Palgrave books in Business & Management? 4/25/2013 - JIBS Factsheet Now Available
Most common mistakes Start-Ups make – carlos marquez – digital strategist There are different decisions that Start-Ups are taking everyday, some of them are right, some of them completely wrong. While taking the right decisions is extremely positive, failing may be the key of success. Every Start-Up fails in different activities, decisions, strategies, concepts, business models, finance management, among others. Nevertheless, the most important is not to discover why they failed, but rather to identify what really happened, learn from it, evolve and grow. Failure is always going to be present, if you are smart enough to identify it promptly, to learn from it and to do not let the same things happen again, your chances of succeeding are really high. From conversations I’ve had with many Start-Ups within different countries, different cultures, different businesses models, here you will find the most common mistakes I’ve heard over and over again. Waiting too long to go to the market Hiring the wrong people Willingness of being global Cashflow management
5 Poker Lessons That Apply To Entrepreneurship A little known fact about me is that I’m a huge fan of Poker. I not only watch it on television, but I play it as a hobby when I’m not working. I learned how to play poker around the age of 12-13 and fell in love with the game ever since. I guess the entrepreneur in me kicked in because poker is one of the most exciting games you can play. Not only is it risky, but there is so much mind-games involved that it gives you a great adrenaline rush. 1. The first lesson I learned early on in poker was to never get caught bluffing. Business is very similar. You don’t want to lose out on a negotiation because your bluff gets caught or simply because you cannot deliver the promised goods to a client or vendor. 2. The moment you sit down on the poker table, you meet 8-9 new people you didn’t know before. Depending on what your personality is, you try to fit in as best as possible with the other players on the table. By shutting up and listening to what others have to say, you can learn a lot. 3.
Grads: Skip the Bank Job, Join a Startup Dartmouth College has four valedictorians this year: Wills Begor, Glynnis Kearney, David Rogg and Jie Zhong. They are impressive kids. All have stratospheric GPAs. Most pulled off two majors and a minor. So what are they doing next? That’s no surprise. Two years ago, Mike Mayer appeared headed in the same direction. ‘Meta Economy’ Venture for America is the brainchild of Andrew Yang, a charismatic former lawyer. Yang got the idea for Venture for America while running Manhattan GMAT, a test-preparation company that was acquired by the Washington Post/Kaplan in 2009. Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that enticing Ivy League graduates to work at a for-profit business can now be sold as a way to “give back” to the community -- on the grounds that the job isn’t in finance or management consulting and isn’t in New York or Boston. The conventional wisdom is that the flood of top students to management consulting and finance is basically irreversible. Young Businesses
Web 3.0: Powering Startups to Become Smartups If you are a Web-based technology startup focused on the 2.0 version of the Web (a.k.a. Web 2.0), then you are not thinking outside of the box anymore. The Web is constantly evolving: innovating and implementing new technologies; adapting in a more timely manner to user feedback and needs; redefining the roles of business partners; and pushing the boundaries of what is possible. This is the first article in my four-part series about powering startups to become smartups. You can find the timeline for future installments of my series at the end of this article. The intent of this first installment is to whet your appetite, to give you a broad overview of the criteria and trends that I believe are shaping the next evolution of the Web. But before we focus on Web 3.0, it’s important to step back and look at why Web 2.0 became boxed in. The Box Factory is Not Your Friend The problem with metaphorical boxes is that they often expand. What does this mean? The answer is simple in concept.
Stars of SXSW: Dave McClure on Lean Start-up Investing The premier session of South by Southwest's "Lean Startup" track was a frank discussion between Lean Startup guru Eric Ries and Dave McClure, founding partner and "Sith Lord" of investment firm 500 Startups. While the talk covered material fairly similar to what Ries discussed in the October issue of Inc. and his Friday SXSW panel, Inc.com was able to catch up with McClure and discuss his investment strategy, how the lean strategy affects his investments, and his support of female CEOs. McClure is a magnet for entrepreneurs at SXSW. In navigating the hallways between his panel room and a nearby corridor, he was approached four times by people seeking a moment to do an elevator pitch or ask how to apply to his fund. And lots of companies have obtained that initial funding here. In discussing the lean start-up model on the panel, McClure said, "With seed investments, we're able to test for the entrepreneur's learning behavior quickly…so we're learning about them before we invest further.
Why 2012 Will Be the Year of the Entrepreneur While the year of the protester has just passed, 2012 looks to be the year of the entrepreneur. Jobs are in scarce supply, and underemployment is at an all-time high. Things look bleak. (MORE: 5 Tricks to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick) Consider some of the resources at the ready for 2012-preneurs. Whereas a traditional office or retail space was a necessity less than a decade ago, today, thanks to the rise of virtual office services and co-working spaces, working from home or Starbucks is the new norm. (MORE: Retiring This Year? From Startup Peru to Startup America, hundreds of private/public partnerships and programs have been created around the world to incentivize and support future job creators. Much like the protesters of 2011, collective entrepreneurial action in 2012 has the real power to change the world. That is why, even though the new year has just begun, the “Entrepreneur” gets my vote for TIME’s 2012 Person of the Year.