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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

People ask me if innovation can flourish in places like Africa and my response is that I encounter innovation everywhere there, when people are forced to innovate to survive, often with scarce resources. Conforming will give you the status quo. It is only when you break out of this that innovation and creativity flourish.

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24 Entrepreneurs Share Their Favorite Inspirational Business Quote

Hearpreneur

This quote is from Oleg Vishnepolsky the global CTO at DailyMail Online and Metro.co.uk. After years of hard work, I succeeded in building a multi-million dollar marketing consulting firm that served mostly Fortune 1000 clients. 22 – Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up… Image Credit: Manoj Marty Puranik.

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Transcript of How to Build a Community Around Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

He is a community and collaboration strategy consultant, advisor and speaker. He lived in the middle of Africa in a pretty rural place. Jono Bacon: And the reason why he did this was because even though he was just a kid in Africa, on the global stage, he was playing a cog in a much bigger machine. This is John Jantsch.