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Instead of brainstorming, take a shower
Brainstorming, creative meetings…we’ve all attended these, with very poor results. At most people simply repeat the ideas they already have and nothing novel is born. Why is this? I think it’s because creativity doesn’t work that way, at least not for me. For me- novel ideas are seldom generated in a meeting rooms = at…
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Being Bezos (or not)- 4 things you can learn from Amazon CEO
I’ve just finished reading the “Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” (http://www.amazon.com/The-Everything-Store-Bezos-Amazon-ebook/dp/B00BWQW73E). This happened to coincide with Amazon reporting strong Q1 of 2015 with sale topping $22.7 billion. Over more than 400 pages the author, Brad Stone, tells the story of the online behemoth, of the growth of internet technology over the…
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Sometimes, creation is enough
A recent article Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) discussed how “Not Every Creation or Passion Project Should Be a Business” (http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/245604). In the article Carol describe how a successful professional women wrote and published a children’s’ book out of pure creative passion and the desire to tell a story for her own kids. Once done (a tremendous…
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who can multitask better? an entrepreneur or a toddler? think again…
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Should we ditch the fantasy of being an entrepreneur and focus on becoming an OWNtrepreneurs instead?
