By embracing "and," entrepreneurs bring products and services into the world that disrupt tradition, and by doing so they build iconic brands.
David HowittDecember 1, 2014
So many people in startup land go with the crowd and, thus, create the umm-teenth version of something that already exists. The supposedly smarter ones go against the crowd, which is not much better, as their theory of change is simply based on negating what everybody else is doing.
Pascal FinetteNovember 22, 2014
Somehow, each wave of entrepreneur continues to make the same mistakes, and most follow the same pattern from idea to failure, rather than idea to sustainable company.
Michael Luni LibesNovember 7, 2014
When you heed the call and step out from the shoulds and shouldn’ts to live from a place of must, you begin your journey as an entrepreneur with the ability to impact the world.
David HowittOctober 1, 2014
Clean energy entrepreneur and author unravels how entrepreneurs can take simple and accessible solutions Steve Jobs employed at Apple and apply them to new markets.
Jigar ShahSeptember 17, 2014
Although daunting, serial entrepreneur, coach, and venture capitalist, Pascal Finette, challenges the typical startup to go to scale—arguing that it's the only way how you can build truly great companies and change the world.
Pascal FinetteSeptember 15, 2014
The head of Singularity University’s Startup Lab on why you should thank the person who gave you feedback first because they just gave you a huge gift—they told you something which you can use to become better at what you're doing and become a better person in general.
Pascal FinetteSeptember 10, 2014
Being an entrepreneur is challenging. We are inspired about the win of climbing to the top of the mountain. So when people say “I think I want to be an entrepreneur,” here are the top five things CEO and founder, Pamela Hawley, would consider.
Pamela HawleySeptember 5, 2014
Technologies once thought as science fiction, like Rosie from the Jetsons, have become possible and being aware of the realities and prepared for the opportunities means constantly redefining yourself.
Vivek WadhwaAugust 28, 2014
Experts are the greatest inhibitors of innovation—the ones who shouldn’t be listened to. Peter Diamandis says it best: “An expert is someone who can tell you exactly how it can’t be done.”
Vivek WadhwaAugust 4, 2014
We constantly hear that ideas are cheap—that it’s all about execution. That's true, to an extent. But you're still much better off executing on good ideas.
Ken BanksJuly 31, 2014
The harrowing personal story that prompted Basant Motawi to launch her Cairo-based venture, Aspire, which combats sexual assault in Egypt.
Unreasonable InstituteJuly 30, 2014
We social innovators worship the power of stories. And when we tell them, we tend to sound as if we’re the first ones ever to try to make the world a better place.
Cheryl HellerJuly 21, 2014
Social entrepreneurs as guilty as any group of lawyers or engineers in using jargon and shorthand to identify and evaluate each other’s places in the tribe. What is "social innovation" anyway? What’s "impact investing"? Take any of those expressions out of context and it’s clear how unclear they are. They’ve become as clichéd as “thought leader.”
Cheryl HellerJuly 10, 2014
Women are starting companies at a rate 1.5 times higher than the national average, but male-owned businesses receive 23 times more venture capital funding. This isn’t just sexist; it’s bad business. But these days, entrepreneurs have a new financing tool at their disposal: crowdfunding.
Lisa CurtisJuly 8, 2014
If you’re keen for a taste of what life is like as an entrepreneur, publish a book. Read the key insights this entrepreneur gained after publishing his first book.
Ken BanksJuly 1, 2014
There's a problem with Silicon Valley and the subcultures that imitate it. It's a design bug woven into people's identities and sense of self-worth. Fixing it will be painful, but it should be fixed before it gets any worse.
Carlos BuenoJune 30, 2014