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How To Help Your Team Think Like an Entrepreneur

Let's Grow Leaders

Back in her Verizon days, one of Karin’s favorite questions to ask a team member whom she was encouraging to think like an entrepreneur was: “If this was your company, would you _ (make this decision, hold this meeting, spend money in this matter, invest in this project)?” Give them a piece of the business to own.

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Business Dean Search: Uncovering Leadership for Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs

N2Growth Blog

With industries constantly evolving, effective leadership ensures that the business school remains at the forefront of market development to maintain the most relevant and practical educational experiences, supporting the development of future entrepreneurs and business leaders equipped to not just thrive in a global marketplace but to shape it.

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10 Key Lessons for Entrepreneurs from the House that Cheese Built

Leading Blog

They built into a multi-million dollar company before selling it to Sigma Alimentos. From his experience, he pulled together ten key lessons for entrepreneurs: 1. Lean shares the ups and downs of his journey in The House that Cheese Built. It is a heartfelt, interesting story. Hard Times Can Be Your Best Teachers.

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Maybe You’re an Entrepreneur After All

Lead Change Blog

His company sponsored scores of future professionals in the sport when no one else would take the risk. Vans is way more than just another shoe company; it’s a worldwide influencer that’s still striking a chord with up-and-coming generations. You don’t have to make it big in business to be an entrepreneur.

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The Down Side Of Being Labelled An Entrepreneur

The Horizons Tracker

Research from George Mason University suggests that the majority of entrepreneurs actually resist describing themselves as such during these kinds of occasions. “We We also did not find major differences attributable to gender, even though prior research suggests that women face barriers when developing an entrepreneur identity.”

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

In the previous three parts of this series, we realized the challenging factors around searching for and placing an ideal candidate to lead a private equity portfolio company. A simple illustration perhaps is a CEO of a large injection molding firm, who might be well suited to a brewing and bottling company.

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5 Leadership Lessons for Every Entrepreneur

Strategy Driven

The decision to become an entrepreneur comes with many responsibilities, challenges, and positive or negative financial consequences, depending on how well your planning and execution did. Entrepreneurs need to be able to lead their teams and motivate their employees. So, relying entirely on what customers tell you is not a good idea.