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Protecting Your Good Idea From Yourself

Burnout can destroy the best of ideas and intentions. While an idea can, in theory, be limitless, the brain is a physical organ with limitations. If these limitations aren’t acknowledged the consequences can be grave. Don't let burnout destroy your idea.

Ann GarvinJune 18, 2014

Career

Four Strategies for Listening to Your Gut

Giving your "gut" reactions credit for being your "faster intelligence" is the first step toward making morally astute and accurate decisions. Read this post and learn mechanisms to make this "faster intelligence" louder, more lucid, and more pronounced.

Daniel EpsteinJune 18, 2014

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Remember to Dance

Changing the world should not be all work and no play. The second week of the 2014 Institute has come to a close, and that calls for celebration.

Jane MillerJune 13, 2014

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Silicon Valley’s Boom-Bust Cycle

Today startups are household names, and entrepreneurs and VCs are treated like celebrities. There are reasons why Silicon Valley is having a moment and by understanding them we can also understand how long it will last and what will follow.

Chris YehJune 12, 2014

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Fake It ’til You Make It

Success takes time, fortitude and a certain measure of self-esteem. If you're in short supply of any of these things, sometimes it's worth "faking it to make it."

Ann GarvinJune 11, 2014

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Unreasonable Institute Recap: Week 1

Get the inside scoop of what happened during the first week of the 2014 Unreasonable Institute from CEO, Teju Ravilochan.

Teju RavilochanJune 10, 2014

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How to Make Your Idea Stick

Do you want to give better pitches, create better marketing campaigns, and better articulate your ideas to investors, customers, and supporters? The answer to achieving all of this is simple. You need to make your idea "stick."

Unreasonable InstituteJune 9, 2014

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You Gotta Get Out More

Spending hours on phone calls, emails, and meetings is a great start to solving the world's big problems, but it is equally important to be humbled by nature because it will make you a better social innovator (and a better human).

Cheryl HellerJune 9, 2014

Career

Listening to Your Gut – Let’s Give it the Credit it Deserves

When was the last time you regretted a decision you made based on "going with your gut?" Probably never. That's why it's time to think of “listening to your gut” as “listening to your faster intelligence.”

Daniel EpsteinJune 6, 2014

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You Don’t Need a Plan

In the VUCA-filled world most entrepreneurs live in every day, being agile trumps sticking to a plan. Sticking to a plan is not the same as having a strategy, and having a strategy can keep you alive and moving forward.

Rajesh AnandanJune 4, 2014

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Are You Looking for Questions or Answers?

Success can require good answers, but often is the result of asking better questions. If you are too focused on answers, even the "right" answers can lead you down the wrong path. Here's why.

Mark AlbionJune 3, 2014

Where Do Your Memories Meet Mine? What Drives Your Search for Success

Part 6 of Mark Albion’s blog series explores the impact our relationship with our father has on how we build our business and our life.

Mark AlbionJune 2, 2014

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Health: Do it Right

If you’re a start up and you don’t have a real, working application to help your employees nurture health first; before bringing clean water to a village, before providing food for the hungry, then you’re doing something wrong.

Ann GarvinMay 30, 2014

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Leverage the Network Intelligence of Your Team

As a startup, you’re always outnumbered and outgunned. Can you really afford to fight with one hand tied behind your back?

Chris YehMay 29, 2014

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Let There Be Open Source Term Sheets for Entrepreneurs

Looking for ways to cut costs when financing deals, open up transparency and increase fairness in the market? Open sourced term sheets are one way to achieve all of these things.

Tyler HartungMay 22, 2014

CareerFailure

The Discipline of Staring Death (& Failure) in the Face

It’s a good discipline to look failure in the face, to study it, to spend time living in that place of losing. So you can make different choices. But also so that when it comes, you can get through it.

L. Hunter LovinsMay 15, 2014

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Innovation Out Of Necessity Is Alive And Well

Living with first world amenities can cloud an individual's perspective on innovation. Switch the lens through which you view innovation, and take note of where it is taking place all around the world.

Ken BanksMay 14, 2014

What Does ‘Being a Family’ Mean to You?

Family is the foundation of all our relationships, yet there are different types of relationships to emulate. Which kind you choose will impact your success at home and work. Here's why.

Mark AlbionMay 9, 2014