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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Then, I read the former English rugby union coach Clive Woodward’s autobiography ‘Winning’ which is full of stories about managing people, teams and performance. Out of sheer necessity, I was thrust into the world of vacation rental management. It really inspired me – I wanted to run my own company. So, that’s it!

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

When you support that platform with inspirational and informative subject matter that helps guide people along the way, and then offer them a community of service providers who can help round out their team—well, that’s the ticket. We are transforming publishing for the 21st century. That’s massive. 9) Horrible Experience.

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Many Many Moments of Lift

Reid Hoffman

Or, as Melinda puts it in The Moment of Lift , “If you don’t understand the meaning and beliefs behind a community’s practices, you won’t present your idea in the context of their values and concerns, and people won’t hear you.”. After all, great product managers are typically great user understanders.

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