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An Opportunity: Startup Weekend Ahmedabad 2013

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Last week, I was reading about Startup Weekend (SW) – a global entrepreneurship movement that focuses on experiential education for entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs. This event has happened in 195 cities covering 65 countries (as in 2011) and is helping people realize their ideas.

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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra

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Entrepreneurship : Akshaya Patra’s mission is “No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger” and that is no small one. Their website says, “The surest way to break out of the cycle of poverty is through education. Education can significantly improve the quality of life of a family for generations to come.

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Hidden Costs 25

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When I asked the boss he said “its hidden profit of company when employee have a wider perspective and are more educated about their work&# - Today Lakhi Group is the largest producer of polish diamonds in the world with 35,000 employee. Thanks for the lovely post. I would like this details in my personal diary.

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Seth Godin's “What Matters Now” and a Few More Gems

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A Few More Gems Rajesh Setty is known for executing innovative concepts that educate, add value and inspire. .” – TimSanders ( @sanderssays on Twitter) Download it now and share the invaluable wisdom from some of the best brains! This time, he does it with series titled “ BLOGTASTIC!

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QAspire Blog 2009 – Essential Posts Redux

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March 2009: Personal Leadership - It shines in difficult times We are all leaders - but our education, upbringing and organization structures suppresses our leadership traits. Two diverse experiences shaped up this post and lessons learned from these experiences are still very relevant.

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Change Management Essentials - 5 Things To Avoid

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You focus solely on “enforce&# rather than “enable&# and “educate&# : Changing habits and hence culture is a long term thing. Best way to implement change is to educate people, enable them and hence empower them. They need to be educated (more than once) and assisted through the change.

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Too Much Celebration Around Failure?

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Arthur Rock, one of Apple’s board members, said, “The best thing ever to happen to Steve is when we fired him, told him to get lost” (Isaacson 2011). Successful entrepreneurs and role models tell us that failure is good. The tough love gave him the opportunity to become wiser and more mature.