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Servant Leadership In Action

YoungUpstarts

Herb Kelleher, our founder, led the way clearly — although I don’t think he knew what the expression servant leadership meant until we told him. It is management that not only gets great results but generates great human satisfaction for both employees and customers. Servant leadership and empowering your people is not soft management.

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The 3 Most Damaging Myths in Entrepreneurship

Up and Running

And then there are the people you owe money to, the people who owe you money, strategic allies, and your own employees. It’s out of date now, but if you look for it, you can find the 1997 Dun & Bradstreet research on causes of business failure that listed “too much money&# as one of the causes. More money is better.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I sent notes to my clients, thanking them for their business, notes to my employees for all of their support over the years, and notes to HelloWorld directors, for their trust in purchasing my company. I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire.