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Classes on 25 Skills to Become a Great Entrepreneur

July 27, 2009 by Bill Ives with 161 views

Nancy White recently set me a link to this post on 25 Skills and Classes Necessary to Become a Great Entrepreneur. I was interested in these statistics. A Vanderbilt University study a few year sago found that currently, the largest age group of entrepreneurs is in the 45 to 60 year old segment of the population and this group was... [read more]

Delegating without freaking out your clients

April 26, 2008 by Becky McCray with 136 views

Getting past the point of being a one-person, do-it-all, no-rest-for-the-weary business means helping customers to work with your employees or subcontractors, as well as you. But if every client thinks you need to do every thing, how do you keep them from freaking out when you delegate their work?This problem is common in reputation... [read more]

Patience

March 31, 2008 by Jeff Cornwall with 164 views

Monroe Carell, former CEO of Central Parking, talked to our students this morning about his journey of taking the eight parking lots his father owned and turning it into the largest parking company in the world. It was interesting to hear him talk to our students about the importance of patience, especially given the impatience of GenY... [read more]

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