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Are You a Generalist Who Dreams of Being an Expert? Read this.

Have you ever heard the advice "pick one thing and stick to it"? Many entrepreneurs have a very hard time specializing in just one thing. Take comfort in these wise and inspiring words, because a world full of specialists is a sad and unforgiving place.

Cheryl HellerJanuary 23, 2014

Career Energy Poverty

Chasing A Dream: A Celebration of One Legend’s Life Work

Paul Polak and his "soul brothers" have a vision: bring radically affordable solar pumps to farmers in rural villages. Read this post to learn how this will transform livelihoods and radically reduce rural carbon emissions.

Paul PolakJanuary 22, 2014

Career Failure Talk

Being Unreasonably Honest About an Unreasonable Talk

In the spirit of vulnerability and authenticity, I want to call attention to something I often struggle with as an entrepreneur. I have a tendency to get so excited about things I’m working on that I am guilty of hyperbole and sometimes stretching the truth. I’m hoping that in 2014 I can turn this bad habit around and I thought to myself what better place to start than with this post.

Daniel EpsteinJanuary 14, 2014

Balance Career Productivity Wellness

Sleeping Your Way To Productivity

Many entrepreneurs subscribe to the philosophy: “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” Yet this macho attitude actually harms your productivity and your startup. Here are a few simple techniques that can dramatically improve your sleep and your productivity.

Chris YehJanuary 13, 2014

Career Mentorship

Why I Am Unreasonable

We recently asked some of our very busy Mentors and Scribes why they choose to give their time and energy to Unreasonable. We think their answers will intrigue and inspire you.

Chris YehJanuary 6, 2014

Career Full Interview Interview Mentorship

Interviewing Cheryl Heller (Social Innovation / Design Genius)

Cheryl Heller (Chair of the new Masters Program at the SVA, Design for Social Innovation and Chair of PopTech) explains what many entrepreneurs are doing wrong when it comes to design thinking.

Unreasonable MediaJanuary 3, 2014

Career Productivity Team

A 30-Second Story to Remember When You Feel Inadequate

As I wrestle with a job I am constantly unqualified for and pursue “addressing the world’s greatest challenges,” I often feel like I am not up to the task. This story helps me remember how to use my greatest strengths.

Teju RavilochanDecember 30, 2013

Africa Career Failure Guest Post

A NICE story (with a not so NICE end)

This is the story of the beginning and ending of a business. In three subsequent blog posts, we will zoom in on lessons learned in different areas such as the business setup, funding, the market, consumers and technology.

Ties KroezenDecember 23, 2013

Career Guest Post Productivity Scaling Technology

How To Choose the Right Technologies for Your Startup

We’ve found a crowdsourced toolbox with more than 600 resources to get you out of decision paralysis and moving toward tackling the pressing tasks at hand.

Eric TylerDecember 19, 2013

Balance Career Investment Wellness

How To Startup Without Getting Overwhelmed

The web is overflowing with free startup advice. It can be overwhelming for any entrepreneur. Our Unreasonable Mentor and Scribe, Chris Yeh, has some extremely simple yet powerfully effective wisdom for you.

Chris YehDecember 18, 2013

Career Productivity Team

How To Build a Career Worth Having

Your career is not just a way to earn a living. It’s your chance to discover what you’re here for and what you love. It’s your best shot at improving the world in a way that is important to you.

Nathaniel KolocDecember 16, 2013

Career Guest Post Investment Legal

Stuff Those Stockings With Small Business Stock!

'Tis the season for a particularly tax-advantaged window for startups, but the deadline for these advantages looms near. You should consider taking advantage of the current exclusion from capital gains taxes before it expires.

Bruce CampbellDecember 12, 2013

Career Guest Post Productivity Wellness

One Thing. Today. Increased Productivity. Go!

You don’t have to do this one thing, but if you don’t you won’t be as productive as if you did and that’s a fact.

Ann GarvinDecember 11, 2013

Career Education

Making Sustainability a Human Imperative with a New MFA Program

For humans to be sustainable, we need a world filled with more people who are creative, visual, passionate, broadly curious, generalists, integrators, listeners, systems thinkers and doers, and people who know how to create lives filled with both success and purpose

Cheryl HellerDecember 5, 2013

Balance Career Guest Post Wellness

Clear Eyes, Clean Hearts, Can’t Lose

If you die before your big idea comes to fruition - your idea dies too.

Ann GarvinNovember 27, 2013

Career Energy Guest Post Investment

Tapping into the Largest Wealth Creation Opportunity on the Planet

There is a false choice often being made between high impact and high returns. We can have both. In fact, we must achieve both to achieve scale and unlock the greatest wealth creation opportunity of our time. It just so happens to be a 10 Trillion dollar market!

Jigar ShahNovember 25, 2013

Career

Everything You Need to Know About Global Social Enterprise

If you’re serious about global social innovation, there's a new book that opens a window into how it happens, why it works, what "stuff" you need to succeed at it and what it feels like.

Cheryl HellerNovember 21, 2013

Career Leadership Management Productivity Team

Workforce Engagement Series: Are You Courting Your Employees?

If you don’t understand an employee’s personal motivations, then you’re probably not engaging them in a way that brings maximum value to either party.

Wendy LeaNovember 18, 2013

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