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The Rise In Portfolio Careers

The Horizons Tracker

Once upon a time the portfolio career was seen as pretty sexy and came to typify the “free agent nation” spoken about by Dan Pink way back in 2001. We have to stop creating new business statuses such as the ‘auto-entrepreneurs’ in France and the ‘mini-jobs’ in Germany,” says Smart co-CEO Maxime Dechesne.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? While entrepreneurs are clearly talented innovators and visionaries, most first time entrepreneurs don’t have prior experience as a CEO.

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Looking for the Perfect Job? Become an Entrepreneur

Women on Business

When I started my career almost twenty years ago, I wanted to find meaningful and creative work, make a good living and eventually have a family. Today, it is what I have achieved as an entrepreneur. © 2011 Amy Abrams, co-author of The Big Enough Company: Creating a Business that Works for You.

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5 Important Things to Remember as an Entrepreneur :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Related posts: Being an Entrepreneur – How I Fight Against the Conformist in Me Guest post by Rebecca Tervo (learn more about Rebecca at. Why I Chose to Become an Entrepreneur Post by Veronica Eyenga, contributing Women On Business writer People. Corporate Exec or Entrepreneur – Which is Better? Post by Jane K.

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Miki Saxon presents Entrepreneurs: Responses to “What Do You Say?” Lahesha Williams presents 8 Tips on Improving Your Chances for a Promotion posted at Career Help For Christians , saying, "It's never too early to think about promotion.

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The September 2011 Leadership Development Carnival - Back to School Sale

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the September, 2011 Leadership Development Carnival - Back to School Sale! Eric Pennington presents The Idea and Reality of Self-Employment posted at Epic Living - Leadership Development Career Management Training Executive Life Coaching Author. So stock up, and enjoy your reading! Great rules to live by - thanks, Jane!

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Gray Versus Green: Who Makes the Better Start-Up CEO?

N2Growth Blog

.” said venture capitalist Vinod Khosla in 2011. While there are arguments to both sides of the early career versus experienced CEOs, when considering the less fully developed prefrontal cortexes of younger CEOs, we assert the following trait comparison. People under 35 are the people who make change happen,” he further asserted.

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