The Entrepreneurial Mind

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

James Barood with the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurship at Fairleigh Dickinson University's. Silberman College of Business offers some rather harsh words for family business patriarchs in a column at Business Insider: There are millions of Hosni Mubaraks. Most lead family businesses, not nations. Mubarak ruled over 80 million people, while these business founders may preside. over dozens, hundreds, or even thousands. Collectively, though, they may hurt as.

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deal architect

APRIL 24, 2010

On the innovation blog Indonesia and volcanic power Hubble at 20 MIT Tech Review – Top 10 technologies More innovation from left field (from Egypt and Togolese Republic

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deal architect

AUGUST 29, 2012

One of the really nice things about an assignment in Saudi Arabia is its proximity to Egypt (or Misr in the Arabic/Semitic vernacular). It was a convenient weekend destination and I got to visit some of the pyramids. You quickly. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP

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deal architect

JULY 19, 2010

His sisters, each a year or two older had come back from similar trips to Portugal, Egypt and Turkey. John had just returned from a trip to Italy. His cousin was headed to Amsterdam today, and another was describing her.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

To date, the Internet has been an incredible force for entrepreneurship and positive change throughout the world (did anyone notice what recently happened in Egypt?)

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 14, 2014

In around 2002 I was stuck in my hotel room in Egypt due to food poisoning and the only English TV available was an American business channel. Coindesk just published their quarterly ‘ State of Bitcoin ‘ presentation.

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Gust

AUGUST 22, 2012

My client handled the whole thing with aplomb, fortified by a decade of immersion in the distinctive culture and language of Egypt and the Arab world. What the heck was I doing in Egypt anyway? Silicon Arabia has engineers in Russia as well as Egypt.)

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Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2015

During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa. My guests this past week on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Pete Newell , managing partner of BMNT Partners.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2012

Early in his career, Ibrahim Abouleish was working in leading pharmaceutical firms in Europe, developing new treatments for osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis, but a trip to Egypt in the mid-’70s would change that.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Results in the Middle East (-5%) improved after a 7-percent decline in 2011, yet the region recorded an estimated 3 million international tourist arrivals less in 2012 in spite of the clear recovery in Egypt. People are traveling more.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 1, 2016

He has worked with clients such as AT&T, the Governments of Indonesia and Egypt and the Washington public affairs firm of Cassidy and Associates. Foreign Service Officer, and served as the Agricultural Attaché to Egypt. He was also chief negotiator for the 1987 PL-480 agreement with Egypt. Also Available On. Show Summary. Today we talk with Jim Coyle on: “is the recession over yet?” ” Jim’s response may be a bit hard to hear, yet eyeopening.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 30, 2014

She sold everything she had, paid off all her debts and left the UK with £10,000, which she promptly lost on a property investment deal gone bad in Egypt. Michelle was "trapped" in Egypt due to not having enough money to leave, so began researching internet business options. She hacked together a website using Dreamweaver and Frontpage software, slowly built up her clientele and also met her future husband and became pregnant, all while living in Egypt for two years.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2017

Mesopotamian entrepreneurs prospered by expanding their landlocked trade routes east to the Indus Valley (modern-day India) and west to Egypt and beyond.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Egypt: Multinational. If there’s one word most people describe themselves with professionally, it’s creative.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2014

percent in Egypt (to 1.2 After being unseated last quarter by Indonesia, China has regained its spot as the source of observed attack traffic in the third quarter of 2013.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2012

I’ve had similar conversations about bringing entrepreneurship to Egypt, where starting a company is considered a low-class occupation.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3. They represent more than 10,000 people total. If you're not attending the conference in person, consider meeting up with one of these groups to watch.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2013

Well, I was going for the analogy of “my friend, have I got a deal for you” that you get at a bazaar in Egypt or a stall in Mexico. This is my third post in a series on Enterprise Software.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. Kudos. The 20-minute video of my presentation is here if you’re interested.

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Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

He leads the Israelites out of slavery from Egypt (nice vision!) I was in synagogue last weekend for a cousin's bat mitzvah and was struck by the entrepreneurial lessons from the weekly Torah portion.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Just last year, fashion designer Kenneth Cole’s Twitter account joked about the beginning of the Arab Spring protests in Egypt , tweeting, “Millions are in uproar in #Cairo.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2012

I’ve had similar conversations about bringing entrepreneurship to Egypt, where starting a company is considered a low-class occupation.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2014

By now, many would know that China is expanding aggressively to West Asian and North African countries like Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Libya and Egypt. Are China and India still the “factory” and “outsourced service provider” of the world?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 13, 2013

Examples include: - Kenneth Cole, who decided to hijack the trending topic of #Cairo (a hashtag created for the protests and riots in Egypt) to promote a new spring collection of apparel; - Politician Newt Gingrich, who was shamed for buying hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers; and.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2012

Our mandate to him has been to support the social uprisings in Libya, Egypt, and elsewhere. Finish this TV show lyric: “Heroes in a half-shell…” If you can without cheating , you’re probably a Millennial.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

To date, out of 17 companies, HOF Capital has backed 7 founding teams with roots in underrepresented regions: Egypt, Latin America, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey. New York is now the second-most-active tech ecosystem in the US on all key metrics, after the Bay Area.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

And social media frequently makes news, including when it accelerated the uprising in Egypt this year. Watch his talk to get the inside story, and learn more about how social media gave an incredible gift to Egypt.

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David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

Additional organizing partners include: MIT Arab Student Organisation , TechWadi , RISE Egypt and NUMA.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

As in Tunisia , Egypt , Syria & Iran. I recently wrote a post about the open nature of Twitter and why I’m long on its future.

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Diego Basch

AUGUST 23, 2012

You’ll tweet about uprisings in Egypt while she shares pictures of Louis Vuitton’s finest products. I attended a Machine Learning meetup at Twitter yesterday. It was a very good event, and I learned a few new things.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In cities where parking is very hard to find and the sheer number of cars causes massive disruption akin to the plagues of Egypt, bike sharing solves an important human need for cheap and reliable local transportation.

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Steve Blank

JULY 29, 2016

And they have been selling these systems to other countries (Iran, Syria, Egypt, etc.). The future is here it’s just distributed unevenly – Silicon Valley view of tech adoption. The threat is here it’s just distributed unevenly – A2/AD and the aircraft carrier.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 16, 2011

In ancient history, the Fertile Crescent extended from lower Egypt, through modern-day Israel and into Assyria and Mesopotamia. Thanks to the waterways, population density, and diversity of peoples, it was characterized by an unparalleled flow of goods and services and intellectual foment.

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Bryce Dot VC

OCTOBER 11, 2012

God spoke to the guy: ‘I want you to lead Israel out of Egypt.’ In a recent profile of Mitt Romney, the New Yorker uncovers an exchange had between him and Clayton Christensen. At the time, Clay was trying to get Mitt to open up, to talk about himself, his talents and his limitations. Given their shared faith, Clay leaned on the story of the Prophet Moses from the Old Testament: . He tried over and over. Nothing worked. Finally, it worked. The Red Sea parted.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

Danny is an entrepreneur, investor and Brown University Professor of Entrepreneurship , and has recently held similar workshops in China, Egypt and Portugal.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Whatever their eventual path and outcomes – I would argue that their impact on Iran, Tunisia & Egypt – and frankly on the way that we as a society communicate now – has rendered them one of the most important technologies of the past decade.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And while the concept of Tunisia and Egypt being ‘Twitter” revolutions is over-stated, it is true that easy media connectivity has greatly accelerated organized action on long-held social and political discontents. It is young people with qualities like this that are changing Egypt.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

Successful entrepreneurs seem to be able to hyper-focus, and, as Josh, points out, say NO effectively (Denial is not just a river in Egypt, after all). Successful entrepreneurs seem to be able to hyper-focus, and, as Josh, points out, say NO effectively (Denial is not just a river in Egypt, after all). Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Archives. Profile. Subscribe.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

From Egypt to Ferguson, the ability of video to foster change. Facebook, at last count, has 1.5 billion monthly active users. YouTube has 1.2 billion users (watching 6 billion hours of videos!). Instagram has an estimated 400 million users. Those are some big gigantic numbers!

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

China, South Africa, Egypt. Like a vast majority on planet Earth, I love data visualizations. Ok, so perhaps as the author of two bestselling books on analytics I love it a little bit more!

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