How Steve Jobs Broke Entrepreneurship

You can hardly go anywhere without seeing something about Apple and Steve Jobs these days. When people talk about successful companies and entrepreneurs, Apple and Steve Jobs are always in the mix. And rightly so. Steve Jobs took Apple from his garage to the Fortune 500 in just 8 years, and it’s now the world’s [...]

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What is the ROI of Grandma? — Entrepreneur Addiction #27 with Alex Lawrence

Click below to Play Click here to download the mp3 Click here to subscribe on iTunes. Click here for the RSS feed (non iTunes) Click here for the show archive For this episode, we were joined in studio by Alex Lawrence, who has been starting and growing companies for the last 17 years, to talk [...]

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3 Things That Make a Great Entrepreneur

Note: This is a guest post by Rob Basso, founder of Advantage Payroll Services, serial entrepreneur and the author of “The Everyday Entrepreneur.” We’re excited to have him on the blog. Also listen to our interview with Rob Basso on the Entrepreneur Addiction Podcast. In today’s tough economy, people are realizing that while the government [...]

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Lendio Inspires Future Entrepreneurs with $2,500 Scholarship

The Lendio Brock Blake Student Entrepreneur of the Year scholarship will give thousands of dollars to one student each year. SALT LAKE CITY – Lendio, an online service helping people secure business financing, announced today a $2,500 scholarship for student entrepreneurs. “My own journey as an entrepreneur began as a student in college,” said Brock [...]

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Entrepreneur Addiction Podcast #11 — The Zig Zag Principle with Rich Christiansen

Click below to Play. Go here to download on iTunes. Click to download the mp3 The best way to go from point A to point B is rarely a straight line. Rich Christiansen, co-founder of more than 32 businesses and author of The Zig Zag Principle, outlines how success in business follows the natural law [...]

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Is Starting A Business Safer Than Your Job? [Infographic]

With a slow economy, many people have turned to entrepreneurship as a means to pay the bills. Which begs the question, what’s better today — getting a job or starting a business? We dug deep to find out the numbers and have compared the risk of starting a business to keeping a job. If you’ve [...]

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Why Entrepreneurship is About Execution — No Excuses Part 4

Note: This is part 4 of a 4-part series defining entrepreneurship from author and serial entrepreneur, Jim Beach. We’re honored to have him on our blog. Make sure to check out his first book, “School for Startups.” Read part 1 — Is Creativity Part of Entrepreneurship? Read part 2 — Is Risk Part of Entrepreneurship? [...]

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No Excuses Part 3 — Is Passion Part of Entrepreneurship?

Note: This is part 3 of a 4-part series defining entrepreneurship from author and serial entrepreneur, Jim Beach. We’re honored to have him on our blog. Make sure to check out his first book, “School for Startups.” Read Part 1: Is Creativity Part of Entrepreneurship? Read part 2: Is Risk Part of Entrepreneurship? Read part [...]

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No Excuses Part 1 — Is Creativity Part of Entrepreneurship?

Note: This is part 1 of a 4-part series defining entrepreneurship from author and serial entrepreneur, Jim Beach. We’re honored to have him on our blog. Make sure to check out his first book, “School for Startups, published by Mc-Graw Hill“ Read part 2: Is Risk Part of Entrepreneurship? Read part 3: Is Passion Part [...]

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5 Sure-Fire Ways Entrepreneurs Can Build Powerful Brands

Note: This is a guest post by Suzanne Bates, author of “Discover Your CEO Brand,” “Speak Like a CEO,” and “Motivate Like a CEO.” We’re honored to have her on the blog. What’s makes an entrepreneur successful? How can you grow your business faster and achieve your dreams? Is it just hard work and commitment? [...]

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