If Life is hard, it is especially challenging for rugged individualists. Rugged individualism, derived from “individualism”, is a term that indicates the virtuous ideal where an individual is totally self-reliant and independent from outside assistance. W I was a proud rugged individualist through school, into my first corporate job, and into my first 2 entrepreneurial … Read more
This is a wonderful 10 minute speech by Brian Brault, Chairman of the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation, during a United Nations Global meeting on how Entrepreneurship can make a difference to the UN Developmental Goals. Creating a Shared Future for Entrepreneurs and Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. I … Read more
I receive a couple of regular email newsletters. I am very strict about unsubscribing if the content is not worth the interruption to my day. Peter Diamandis sends out an excellent email newsletter called Abundance Insider, and it is full of ideas that make me sit back and reflect on the world. I originally met … Read more
Keynote: The 3 Keys for Entrepreneurial Success When I was 14 years old, my grandfather told me that “Success is earning more than your father.” This talk shares how my definition of success has changed over the next 3 decades of my life. My definition today… listen at the end of the speech. What is … Read more
They lie, they manipulate and they pick fights: Some colleagues are ruthless, especially when it comes to their own professional advancement. Avoiding a toxic employee can save a company more than twice as much as bringing on a star performer. The trouble with Toxics is that they are difficult to detect. Often, Toxics are popular with … Read more
Over the last 10 years I have increasingly moved from product businesses towards a services business. In the world of private jets we had simple rules: if the trip is not paid, the plane doesn’t leave. It was policy, not decision. In the world of coaching leaders to build cultures of disciplined high performance, there is … Read more
This was my first trip to the home of Aristotles and it was made special by the 1,300 other EO members who flew in from around the world to spend these last days in Athens. Hashtag #EOGLC. What other EOers are saying: John Melonakos on his blog NotOnlyLuck.com My Athens Experience Rather than lots of … Read more
Global Entrepreneurship Week It is Global Entrepreneurship Week on 18 November through 23 November. There are events all over the world. The overall organisation website is: http://www.unleashingideas.org. You can find out more following twitter hashtags #GEW, #GEWSpain, #IESEGEW. There will be plenty of events in your city led by Entrepreneurs’ Organisation, The Kauffman Foundation and many more … Read more
I am in Kona, on the west coast of the big island of the Hawaiian islands. I am in Hawaii for a workshop later this week. 10 entrepreneurs who are part of the global leadership of Entrepreneurs’ Organisation are meeting to pull together our ideas on how we can accelerate and deeper the teaching of … Read more
We are coming up to Global Entrepreneurship Week #GEW next week, November 12-18. Organizations all over the world will be putting on events sharing the entrepreneur experience as widely as possible. Events in Spain are listed at the bottom of this post. Entrepreneurship 2.0: The rise of the Growth Hacker. In 1995 the web consisted … Read more