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Is Innovation Slowing, and how can Improv Help?

“In improv there are no mistakes, only beautiful happy accidents. And many of the world’s greatest discoveries have been by accident.” — Tina Fey While it may feel like we are in an innovation revolution given all the technological advances made in recent decades, some data suggests that we may…

Improv

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Is Innovation Slowing, and How Can Improv Help?
Is Innovation Slowing, and How Can Improv Help?
Improv

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Fall in love with the problem, not the solution: 6 questions all aspiring entrepreneurs need to answer.

If you are an experienced entrepreneur, stop reading and move on to something else. …

Small Business

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FALL IN LOVE WITH THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION: 6 questions all aspiring entrepreneurs need to…
FALL IN LOVE WITH THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION: 6 questions all aspiring entrepreneurs need to…
Small Business

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Jan 5, 2021

(Part II of VII) How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity and Prosperity: We will get there, but with your help, we will get there faster.(Part II of VII)

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step” Martin Luther King Jr. — This article is part two of a seven part series about a new book, Impact ED (John Hunt Publishing 2020) that I was fortunate to be a small part of, along with my co-authors, Becky Corbin, President and CEO of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), and Beth…

Community College

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How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity and Prosperity: We will get there eventually…
How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity and Prosperity: We will get there eventually…
Community College

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Jan 2, 2021

315

From being raised on a poultry farm in New Jersey to becoming the Godfather of Punk Rock. A story of randomness and entrepreneurial perseverance. — “Punk rock was the tsunami that threatened to drown us all in 1977” — Pete Townsend, The Who I didn’t know what to expect. It was loud, smelled nasty, smoke filled, and was much smaller than I thought it would be. When I walked into that music club in 1977…

Punk Rock

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315, serendipity, and my momentary interaction with punk rock music
315, serendipity, and my momentary interaction with punk rock music
Punk Rock

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Dec 30, 2020

Are todays challenges, opportunities in disguise? A reason for optimism

“We’ve had this idea of growing up thinking, what the heck is this? What the heck is going on? This whole time we’ve been growing up thinking this isn’t right. This is crazy. We need a whole new system.” — Lily Mandel “Alexa, stop!” “Google it.” “I got 137 likes…

Gen Z

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Are todays challenges, opportunities in disguise: A generation is bringing with it greater empathy…
Are todays challenges, opportunities in disguise: A generation is bringing with it greater empathy…
Gen Z

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Dec 28, 2020

Imagine…

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Entrepreneurship

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Imagine…
Imagine…
Entrepreneurship

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Dec 26, 2020

What do Philo Farnsworth, the New York Mets, and The Wizard of Oz have in common?

Philo “Phil” Farnsworth is one of the most famous men most people have never heard of. He was born in Utah on August 19, 1906, His influence on society has been significant, and several of my own childhood memories are associated with his invention. Farnsworth was an American inventor who…

Entrepreneurship

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What do Philo Farnsworth, Joe Namath, Neil Armstrong, MLB Baseball, and The Wizard of Oz have in…
What do Philo Farnsworth, Joe Namath, Neil Armstrong, MLB Baseball, and The Wizard of Oz have in…
Entrepreneurship

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Dec 18, 2020

How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity and Prosperity: Yes, and how it all began (Part I of VII)

How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity and Prosperity: Yes, and how it all began (Part I of VII) I am creating a series of articles, themed around a new book, (How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity and Prosperity, John Hunt Publishing 2020) that I was fortunate to be a small…

Entrepreneurship

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How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity and Prosperity: Yes, and how it all began…
How Community College Entrepreneurship Creates Equity and Prosperity: Yes, and how it all began…
Entrepreneurship

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Dec 15, 2020

Chasing failure: A recipe for success

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” — Theodore Roosevelt Reflecting on her childhood, Sara recalled that her father had an unusual routine each week at the dinner table. Her dad would ask Sara and her brother to share a story about…

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Dec 14, 2020

Lessons From an Iconic American Everyday Entrepreneur Who Overcame Challenges In Life and Business

Wally was born in Tallahassee, Florida on Wednesday July 1, 1936. For the first twelve years of his life, Wally grew up in the segregated south, and was the only child in an impoverished family in which his parents did not get along very well. When his parents finally divorced…

Entrepreneurship

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Lessons from One Iconic American Everyday Entrepreneur Who Overcame Challenges in Life and Business
Lessons from One Iconic American Everyday Entrepreneur Who Overcame Challenges in Life and Business
Entrepreneurship

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Andy Gold

Andy Gold

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A social entrepreneur & community college educator. @profandygold — https://www.profandygold.com/

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