Posts Tagged ‘Education’
Traveling Can Provide a Great Entrepreneurial Education
We all know the definition: Entrepreneurship involves the activity of setting up a business or businesses and taking on financial risks in the hope of making a profit. However simple that definition may sound, though, the reality of being a successful entrepreneur involves more frustration, motivation and man hours than just the ‘risks’ and ‘hope’…
Read More4 Elements of Great Presentations
Great presentations do not happen by accident! Whether it is a sermon at church, a keynote at conference or your party plan home show, good presentations take planning! Secrets Of Great Presentations Inspiration: Whether you are presenting at a home party or to an audience of 1000 a great presentation inspires the crowd to new…
Read MoreWhat About Business Schools and Creativity?
I’m generally an advocate of education over ignorance, but there is the issue of business schools and creativity. A business professor’s wisdom The best class I took at the Stanford Business School during my MBA years (1979-81) was taught by Professor James March, co-author of the book An Introduction to Models in the Social Science. It…
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I was recently asked to give a presentation on what students can do/learn so they can keep up with the ever-changing landscape of business and marketing today. As I was preparing the material to deliver, I quickly realized that my counsel wasn’t just for today’s students. It’s what all of us, whether we are a…
Read More5 Tips for Starting a Small Business in College
Starting a business while still enrolled in college isn’t an option for everyone. College is stressful enough, and running a business is a whole new ball game. If you’re especially ambitious and bursting at the seams with ideas, it may be worth overcoming the fear of that stress to help your future materialize. In some…
Read MoreGetting Back into Business After Your Previous Company Closes Down
The Small Business Administration reports that 34 percent of small businesses will fail in their first two years. Furthermore, according to the same source, as much as 50 percent of businesses fail during their first year. There’s no hiding the fact that the business landscape is cutthroat and unforgiving. Nevertheless, starting and running a business…
Read MoreShould You Hire the Person or the Degree?
With only 60% of college students saying they feel prepared for the workforce and only 23% of employers agreeing, it’s probably a wise idea to focus on more than just the college degree when hiring. Job candidates today need to possess a variety of skills and talents, and have a great personality to boot. For…
Read MoreDoes Business Education Stifle Creativity?
Does business education stifle innovation and creativity? You probably already know Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk, from 2006, Do Schools Kill Creativity? It’s one of the five or so most viewed and most discussed TED talks. His basic idea is that schools focus too much on the academic, not enough on other kinds of intelligence. He was…
Read More3 Online Marketing Trends You Need to Know for Success in 2016
It’s a new year. And as new years often are, it’s brimming with the excitement of new plans, new hopes, and the possibility of making your business dreams a reality. But a new year also ushers in a touch of trepidation to go with all that excitement. The online marketing landscape changes so fast it…
Read MoreDear Young Entrepreneurs: They’re Lying to You
All over the web, on Q&A sites, blog posts, and so on, in panels and conferences, and in the occasional book, know-it-all alleged experts are lying to young entrepreneurs about the value of education. They sprout clichés that are unrealistic, impractical, and that when taken to an extreme, are even tragic. Lie: A startup is better than…
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