Essays on Entrepreneurship

I order to capitalize on an opportunity the window of opportunity must be open, which refers to a period of time during which it is ealistically possible to enter a certain market. There are three approaches that can be used to identify opportunities: observing trends, …

While startups flock to oversaturated tech enclaves like Silicon Valley, savvy entrepreneurs are watching blue-collar industries become the next big thing.Related: By next year, experts expect to see the United States add for middle-skill workers — jobs which will make up 40 percent of all projected job growth …

Abstract This prevalent business atmosphere is characterized by speedy innovation and dispersion of new information technologies (Bruin and Dupuis, 2003). Through these technologies, entrepreneurial opportunities have been widely increased. These technologies provide a “communication medium that allows, for the first time, the communication of many …

The day after I got home from our fifth tour, where we toured startups across the U.S, I turned on the TV to watch one of the ugliest moments in the history of American civil society. This post isn’t about politics — if you want …

What’s the point of a top-notch content strategy when your writing doesn’t appeal to your target audience? The answer is, there is no point. You can write status updates for eternity, and you can kneel before the Google gods. But without engaging, quality content, you’ll still …

We’ve all met people who are full of and , who always second-guess everything and criticize those around them.Their negative mindset is like a wet blanket, smothering anything productive or beneficial before it can ignite.A positive mindset is critical to achieving your goals and dreams …

has become a legend in sales and entrepreneurship circles as one of the world’s leading sales trainers, a New York Times bestselling author and one of the most influential CEOs on social media. His astounding more than 1.5 million followers across Twitter, Instagram and Facebook …

In order to be a successful entrepreneur, whether you are running a small business or a large one, you have to bring your A-game to work every day. The best way to do that is to get a good night’s sleep. And let’s face it, not many …

MSc BUSINESS ECONOMIC AND FINANCE Title of Project The determinant of economic growth in emerging markets: A case study of China. Tarik TOUAT Student ID: 10034757 August 2011 Project Supervisor: Dr. Helen Solomon. Abstract China has enjoyed a very rapid economic growth over the past …

A companion of mine once described his brain as a washing machine, hurling and tumbling the solicitations and information that hit him at workplace from all directions. Numerous people I came across in my training programs also feel the same way – overwhelmed by the …

Sugar was born in the decadent town of Hackney, East London where a family insisting of very little money brought him up. During his schooling years, he was never a popular boy; he was teased day in day out, for always having such ridiculously high …

Beginning Four ordinary guys from Kansas City are most likely the last group of people you would expect to be running a highly successful fashion company. The group of business-savvy entrepreneurs wanted to come up with a way to disrupt the traditionally boring sock market. …

Key words: manager, leader, supervisor, managerial roles, management Introduction Managers are the community that visibly stands apart In present-day business organization, although heterogeneous and difficult to unequivocal defining. The reasons for this phenomenon are concerned with the process of ownership and management’s separation, therefore with …

At a time when the startup ecosystem is flooded with news regarding funds going dry and markdowns, venture capital firm IDG Ventures India Ltd a programme to find and invest in new consumer-facing Internet startups. We asked Karthik Prabhakar, director and head of fundraising, at …

As the saying goes 'you get no second chance to make a first impression'. While idealistically we would all want to be judged by our innate abilities rather than the superficial packaging , unfortunately we still mostly tend to pick up a book by its …

Critique Last week I had the opportunity to come see the play with my peers and fellow classmates, “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying”. The play is about a man following the steps of the book “How to succeed in Business… ” In …

This is explained by the fact that patterns do not tend to uniquely identify the given relation. The systems which participated in MUCH and deal with relation extraction also rely on rich rules for identifying relations  mention that they tried to add only those rules …

Some may say that we need more guidance from the government in what we eat but I disagree. The control our government has is already overwhelming most of o our lives so we as citizens should not have to be forced into eating anything because …

Strengths: I am good at keeping calm in difficult situations. Keeping calm is important when running a business, things may go wrong and you may be in some bad predicaments, but it is always vital to be calm. I have shown my skills of being …

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Unless our brains get involved. Then we’ll find a way to roam the world looking for complicated alternatives.The mind can catapult us to our greatest hopes and dreams, or it can confuse and torture us …

Sébastien Dupéré thought he’d stumbled on a winning idea with Les Dégommeurs. At first blush, the steam-cleaning business — which Dupéré launched with two friends in 2006 — looked successful. Customers were happy with their service, which removed gum and other gunk from public places such as …

Startup entrepreneurs venturing into mobile app often struggle between the speed and agility. Startups have neither time nor the funds to cope with the long development cycles of a mobile app. As the consumer focus is drifting from what’s on the web to what’s in …

Who am I? The question sounds cliche, but let’s be serious. Don’t you believe there is something inside you that you can’t describe, but seems to say, “This isn’t who I am, or who I planned to be”. The texts I have read emphasise the …

Skydiving and entrepreneurship may seem unrelated, but they actually have seven commonalities you may be overlooking. I think an entrepreneur should skydive more than once for one simple reason — risk. Risk taking is an ongoing hurdle in every entrepreneur's life. I don't just mean …

On the occasion of the third annual Enterprise Agility Awards, Entrepreneur of the Year presented by du, BNC Publishing as part of the Entrepreneur MENA franchise, awarded businesses and individuals across multiple categories on November 08, 2016 at The Westin Mina Al Seyahi in Dubai, …

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Two Indian startups secured investments worth almost Rs 2 crore in less than 30 minutes. Sounds unbelievable, doesn’t it? Astonishing as it might appear, this is exactly what is happening at “The Vault”, a one-of-its-kind Indian reality show. The Vault, which can well be called …

There are a few remembrances in our life like that at a lake in Maine that attract us and refresh our memory even though that happened a long time ago. “Once More to the Lake” written by Elwyn Brooks White is a wonderful recollection of …

“Say more about what’s happening!” said Twitter rolling out its new policy that will ease the 140-character limit, a feature troubling Twitteraties since the dawn of civilization. Implementing the announcement Twitter made this May, people will no longer have to cut down on their valuable …

Political dysfunction limits many sources of economic promise for the U.S., and this problem far precedes the events of this year’s election cycle.  Today, ’s U.S. Competitiveness Project released a report titled, Competitiveness, according to the authors, refers to “the ability of firms operating in …