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Don't make it; buy it!
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There’s more than one way to become an entrepreneur: instead of starting your own company, you can go out and buy one.
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| When the startup is YOU
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Being an entrepreneur isn’t all about creating something new. Sometimes the hard work is inside: fine-tuning yourself on the journey within.
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| Entrepreneurship awards and grants: are they worth the challenge? |
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Grants are a vital part of early capital-raising for many social enterprises. But can the distraction in competing for these awards affect the development of the business?
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| Why innovators don't always win
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Experience shows that good ideas and early success aren’t enough. What does it take to stay on top?
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| Putting Arab women in the picture |
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Three Emirati marketing graduates recognised from their vast network of contacts that many women faced the same challenge: they were “time poor but mind active”, and searching for ways to contribute to the region’s social and their own personal and professional, growth.
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| Networking: Is it showing off or vital to an entrepreneur’s success? |
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Can sharing an idea help take it from the drawing board to the marketplace? Talk may cost nothing but new research indicates it gives an entrepreneur a better chance of success.
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| Individual capitalism: How entrepreneurs are steering the way forward |
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At a time when business and industry are going through mega changes and Wall Street capitalism comes under fire, the energy and innovation of the entrepreneur are more important than ever, says Julie Meyer, the founder and CEO of Ariadne Capital.
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| Is there a place for entrepreneurs in the Arab world? |
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Where does the new breed of Emirati entrepreneurs fit into a landscape dominated by businesses?
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| Trouble at the family mill? Call in the Chief Emotional Officer |
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Family-owned companies need to be run with emotional, as well as professional leadership, experts say. That’s one area where senior family members often have a crucial role to play. Knowledge speaks with INSEAD Professor Randel S. Carlock, Olivier de Richoufftz, executive director of the Family Business Network and Deepak Gupta, chairman of the Romav Group of companies.
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Business ideas for social change |
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Business schools teach that markets and best practice should be leveraged to increase profits. But can they also be used to create social change?
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Teaching the spirit of entrepreneurship |
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Recent MBA graduates describe how INSEAD prepared them to become entrepreneurs - and what they learned once they were out in the field.
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Venture creation: a new form of entrepreneurship? |
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Fabian Hansmann (MBA '06D) has taken a novel approach to entrepreneurship. His organisation, FoundersLink, fulfils the core entrepreneurial functions of identifying opportunities and building a team, a process normally done by the entrepreneur. But then it matches business ideas and opportunities with aspiring entrepreneurs, and also tries to raise funding.
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