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18 Entrepreneurs Explain Some of the Traits They Admire in Innovators

Hearpreneur

Anyone can be an innovator, but it takes special traits to lead in innovation. It’s about how you implement the lessons you gain along the way and dare situations as they come. It’s about being future-oriented, paying special attention to details and putting yourself in vulnerable situation when you think it’s worth the risk. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the traits they admire in innovators and here are the responses; #1- Unconventional thinking.

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6 Leadership Requirements For Every Startup Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Almost every entrepreneur starts their journey by developing a solution, based on their idea of a new technology or required service. These idea and developer skills are necessary, but not sufficient, to build a business. A real business requires leadership – thought leadership to attract customers and mind share, as well as people leadership around a team, partners, and investors.

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How To Start Your Own Takeaway Business In The UK

YoungUpstarts

Takeaway food businesses have seen pronounced popularity all across the UK. As consumers make lifestyle changes, these places offer the convenience factor that many are looking for in often very busy day to day routines. Opening your own takeaway can be challenging, but it is not too different from starting any new business. Through hard work and dedication, many have succeeded in the food industry.

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Homebrew Turns Seven!

Hunter Walker

April 26th, 2013 was the day we closed Homebrew’s initial fund and we consider it our ‘birthday.’ The firm’s why and how were previous blog post topics and I won’t rehash them here, but first I want to share my 2013 Homebrew ‘ premortem ‘ with you. When Satya and I started Homebrew together it was with full intention to be our ‘last career,’ what we’d be doing for the next 20 years or so.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Supporting the 1K project

David Cohen

Minda Brusse and my good friend Alex Iskold started a new non-profit recently called the 1K Project. Already thirty more volunteers have jumped in to help manage it. The idea is super simple. You can nominate a family and directly support them with $1,000 (1K) per month for three months. They’ve already crossed 100 families supported, and it’s growing fast.

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Make an Impact

Mike Michalowicz

Why did you decide to start your own company? When I ask business owners and entrepreneurs this question, it is most often answered, “I wanted to make a positive impact in the world.”. The same is true for me. Yes sure, I wanted to be my own boss, do work that brings me joy, create my own systems, have financial freedom…but the end game is that I wanted to make things better through my business.

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What to Look for in Equipment Hire Management Software

Women Entrepreneurs Can

One of the prime requirements for an equipment rental software is reliability, which is not as common among the equipment hire software providers as it should be. Then there is also the question of the application being able to cater to the operational, functional and financial needs of specific businesses. So, how do you find the right equipment hire management software for your company?

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How To Cut Energy Costs In Your Office

YoungUpstarts

Saving energy around the office could make a significant difference to your business. With the cost of utilities so high, you will want to reduce the amounts you spend with energy-saving measures. It might also be more than just maximising profits. You might also want to show your commitment to the environment. The ethos and values of most organisations now demand energy-saving as a means of reducing the impacts of climate change.

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