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A collection of thoughts+ideas+insights about entrepreneurship-innovation-business!!!

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Entrepreneurial Lessons from the Obama Campaign

Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential race is nothing if not entrepreneurial. He used innovation, communication and genuine passion to take on the establishment (and win). Here are some of the entreprenerial lessons from the Obama campaign:Don't be scared to take on the establishment Build a purpose and

Trend Questions

Trendwatching.com is a great website. The people at trendwatching use spotters all across the globe to monitor and report on the latest social and business trends. Their reports provide valuable and useful insight for any innovator, entrepreneur or marketer.A few weeks back they asked people to email them trend-related

brand YOU!

Here are the slides from the brand YOU presentation - thanks to all those who attended the young CAs event - hope you enjoyed the presentation Brand YouView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: branding brand)

No Capital, No Collateral, No Problem

Thanks to all those who attended the Kaya KM Momentum Seminar on "Starting Your business with no Outside Capital". There was a great energy and excitment in the room. Here are the slides from the presentation. Enjoy. Starting your business with NO outside money: No Capital No Collateral

The Business Planning Paradox

Business planning is one of the most vigorously discussed topics in writings on entrepreneurship. Some people say do this and some say do that -- this presentation does NOT prescribe what you should not do BUT it provides insight into the essential contradictions that a manager or entrepreneur faces

Business the South African Way :)

I sometimes write about pitching for new business. Well pitching for new business in South Africa can sometimes have subtle unexpected challenges (especially for me -- the poor guy from Benoni): Three contractors - one from Lenasia , another from Pretoria , and the third from Benoni - are

Principles of High Perfomance

The other day I was reading Triathlete Magazine and I came across 11 PRINCIPLES that high performing athletes tend to live by. The more I read through them the more I thought that they are even more relevant for an entrepreneur than a triathlete -- so whether you are

What's your pitch?

Many entrepreneurs yearn to get their idea out there, to pitch their idea to a meaningful audience, to network and to get feedback on their new business concept. You ask yourself questions such as:How do you know if your new idea is worth anything?Will people buy?Could I get funding?How

SlideShare = COOL tool

I have recently discovered SlideShare -- a website that allows you to:1. Share your slide shows with others2. View really cool slide shows posted by others3. Link up wit others based on similar interests in the slide shows on the website.If you like (1) cool slides, (2) to stay

Its for FREE - so how do make money???

Chris Anderson, the author of my book of the year in 2006: The Long Tail, has recently written a great feature in Wired magazine on the power of FREE!!! He has created a useful taxonomy for a new kind of business model in which some aspects of the

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