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Outliers Or Inliers Like The Rest Of Us?

entrepreMusings

I was sent a copy of Outliers by I’m guessing a publicist several months ago when I was more actively blogging. His great-great-great grandmother was bought by a White slave owner in Jamaica who favored her. I have not read either of the other two but have heard much about them. They were and continue to be top sellers.

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Business Lessons from Bolt, Phelps, et al.

Growthink Blog

The great sprinter Usain Bolt personifies this, sharing the story of how as a teenager in Jamaica he competed barefoot because he could not afford shoes to now where he has parlayed his Olympic success into a net worth of over $60 million. Similarly, in business, only a very few companies become Google, Facebook, Amazon, Uber, et al.,

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Why Every Startup Founder Needs a Mentor - And How to Find One

ReadWriteStart

We’ve met people at events, through friends, on Twitter and by following blogs. My mentee is a Jamaican entrepreneur who launched Study in Jamaica , a successful website that already ranks in the top 250 for traffic in her native county. The best mentor/mentee relationships are ones that are mutually beneficial.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

After a couple of months my tours got a big write up on a popular blog and suddenly there was a wait list of 1000+ people for these unconventional museum tours. We are now based in Atlanta, but we started out on a college campus in Jamaica as a team of one: me. I then branched into social media, blogging, and media relations.

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Who are we? And where do we come from? (2011 edition)

crowdSPRING Blog

Creatives from Jamaica account for 0.016% of projects awarded. And some updated facts about our Creatives: Creatives who have won a project come from 101 countries, up from 82 the previous year. US Creatives account for about 32% of projects awarded, down from 43% last year. Our most successful creative was awarded 59 projects last year!

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Here are The Missing Positives of This Election

Both Sides of the Table

There are too many to mention but I’ve noticed them all on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and people who have emailed or texted me. Liberia, Argentina, Bangladesh, Lithuania, Trinidad, Brazil, Kosovo, Slovenia, Denmark, Jamaica, South Korea, Norway, Poland & Croatia. Hunter Walk, Brad Feld, Chris Sacca and Kara Swisher are just a few.